 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muchirongwa chekutanga chekurwisa cheOperation Ring, kurwisa kwakabvisa homwe, iro divi, richiri ne21st Army, rakabata nzvimbo kumucheto kweMarinovka salient yakachengetwa neXIV Panzer Corps, uye yaifanira kutamba chinzvimbo chekutsigira pakurwiswa. Nokuda kwokudenha, iyo yakatanga musi wa 10 Ndira, chikamu ichi chakabata nzvimbo kumadokero kwechiso chepamusoro chiri pedyo ne96th Rifle Division; zvikamu zviviri izvi zvaifanira kuenda kumabvazuva kubva kuBairak Balka kuenda kuVodyanaya Balka kurwisana nemasimba ekugara kumashure kubva ku8th uye 29th Regiments yeGermany 3rd Motorized Division. Kurwisa kwakabudirira, uye musi wa12 Ndira yakarwisa kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva uye kumabvazuva pamwe chete ne277th uye 96th Rifle Divisions, ichifambira mberi pakati pe3 ne4 makiromita uye ichisundira zvakasara zve29th uye 3rd Motorized Divisions muhomwe yakatetepa kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kwemugwagwa weDmitrievka-Karpovka. Nokuda kwekurwiswa musi wa 13 Ndira, boka racho rakarongwazve kuitira kuti rienderere mberi kumabvazuva kuenda kuPitomnik Airfield pamwe chete nemamwe mapoka e21st Army, uko kwaizobatanidza nemauto e57th Army. 