Stalin agreed to send a tank corps to reinforce Bagramyan's forces but ordered him to capture Polotsk, which would sever Army Group North's communication lines and open up a route towards the central Baltic.
Staljin je pristao na slanje tenkovskog korpusa kako bi pojačao Bagramjanove snage, no naredio mu je da oslobodi Polock, čime bi razdvojio komunikacijske linije Vojne skupine Sjever i otvorio prolaz prema središtu Baltika.