Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi waJune 22, 1941, zuva rokutanga rokupinda kweGermany, mirairo yakabva kumuzinda weSouthwestern Front pasi paMikhail Kirponos kuenda kumapoka ane michina kuti aende mberi nokukurumidza sezvinobvira. 9th Mechanized Corps yakafambisa zvikamu zvayo kuenda kuguta reIrkutsk, munzira ye14th Panzer Division, iyo yakasundira 131st Motorized Division kunze kweguta. Zvichakadaro, kumaodzanyemba kweIrkutsk, 11th Panzer Division yakachengetedza
Dubno, nzvimbo inokosha yemigwagwa, yakatarisana nokuramba kuduku, uye Kirponos akarayira kurwisa nokukurumidza kuti atorezve. Kunyange zvazvo vakanga vachiri mubato rokufambira mberi vakananga kunzvimbo yehondo, vose vari 20th na 35th vakaunganidza mapoka epamberi ematanki ari pakati pe30 kusvika ku40 pamwe chete nezvose zvaiva mumaoko, uye vakazviendesa mberi, vachigura mugwagwa weIrkutsk-Dubno.