In March 1942, he went along with Khrushchev and Timoshenko to Moscow to present the plans of a new counter-offensive in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv to Stalin.
U ožujku 1942., zajedno je s Hruščovim i Timošenkom otišao u Moskvu predstaviti Staljinu planove novog protunapada u ukrajinskom gradu Harkivu.