 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Boka reMauto reSouth, neboka re1st Panzer, mauto e6, 11 uye 17, rakapiwa basa rekufambira mberi kuburikidza neGalicia uye kupinda muUkraine. Zvisinei, kufambira mberi kwavo kwakanga kuchinonoka, uye vakatambura kurasikirwa kukuru muHondo yeBrody. Pakutanga kwaJuly, Mauto echitatu nerechina eRomania, achibatsirwa nezvikamu zveGerman 11th Army, vakarwa nzira yavo kuburikidza neBessarabia vakananga kuOdessa. 1st Panzer Group yakatendeuka kubva kuKiev kwechinguva, ichifambira mberi kupinda muDnieper bend kumadokero kweDnipropetrovsk Oblast. Apo yakabatana nemativi okumaodzanyemba eArmy Group South paUman, Boka racho rakabata vasungwa veSoviet vanenge 100 000mukukomberedzwa kukuru. Mapoka ehondo akapfeka zvombo zveArmy Group South akasangana ne2nd Panzer Group yaGuderian pedyo neLokhvytsa pakati paGunyana, achibvisa huwandu hukuru hweuto reRed Army muhomwe kumabvazuva kweKiev. Vasungwa veSoviet 400 000 vakatorwa sezvo Kiev yakakumikidzwa musi wa19 September. 