Nyorera kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Kamwe Operation Barbarossa yakatangwa, 9th Panzer Division, chikamu cheXIV Panzer Corps (Germany) yeArmy Group South, yakasundidzirwa kuburikidza neUkraine musi wa 28 Chikumi, yakananga kuKiev mushure meHondo yeBrody (1941)
. Chikamu ichi chakaputsa Stalin Line musi wa7 Chikunguru, chakabatanidzwa mukukomberedza Uman, uye chakabata Krivoy Rog neNikopol musi wa17 Nyamavhuvhu. 9th Panzer Division yakabva yatora Dnieper River Dam paZaporizhia musi wa25 Nyamavhuvhu. Kubva ipapo, yakaitwa musoro wepfumo wePanzer Group Kleist, ichityaira kuenda kuKiev kubva kumaodzanyemba apo Panzer Group Guderian yaityaira kumashure kweguta kubva kuchamhembe. Mapoka maviri aya akabatana musi wa15 September, achikomberedza mauto mashanu eSoviet Army. Chikamu chacho chakanga chiri chikamu chesimba iro rakabata vasungwa veSoviet 667 000 uye matangi 900 muguta.