Despite the declaration that the city had fallen, fighting continued on 15 and 16 March, as German units cleared the remnants of resistance in the tractor works factory complex, in the southern outskirts of the city.
Trods erklæringen om at byen var faldet fortsatte kampene den 15. og 16. marts hvor tyske enheder ryddede resterne af modstand på traktorfabrikkens område i den sydlige udkant af byen.