Bagramyan took part in the great tank battles in western Ukraine and the defensive operation around Kiev, in which Kirponos was killed and the entire Front captured by the Germans.
Bagramjan je sudjelovao u velikim tenkovskim bitkama u zapadnoj Ukrajini i u obrambenim operacijama oko Kijeva u kojima je poginuo Kirponos, a cijela sovjetska bojišnica zarobljena.