 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waDecember 1, Bondarchuk nechikwata chekugadzira, vaine ngoro 150 dzemidziyo, vakaenda kuMukchevo muZakarpattia Oblast. Mutungamiriri wacho akanga aronga kungotora mifananidzo miviri bedzi ikoko: Hondo yeSchöngrabern uye Hondo yeAusterlitz. Asi nemhaka yechando chakaoma, hapana chimwe chazvo chakakwanisa kupfurwa. Bondarchuk akachinja zvaakanga aronga uye akasarudza kupfura muZakarpattia zviitiko 231 zvaifanira kuitwa kune imwe nzvimbo, achimirira kuti mamiriro okunze anake. Hondo yeKrasnoinhambo yacho nezvikamu zvayo zvakabatanidzwa zvakarekodhwa muchando, uye zvaibatanidza varwi veSoviet 2.500, vakagoverwa savamwe, avo vaipfeka yunifomu dzechiFrench uye 500 dzaiva dzechiRussia. Mamiriro ezvinhu paakazvibvumira, varwi 3 000 vaibva kuCarpathian Military District vakadzokorora Hondo yeSchöngrabern pedyo nemusha weKushtanovytsia. Hondo yeAusterlitz yakatorwa mifananidzo munharaunda yeSvaliava. Sezvo bhajeti rakapfuurwa nekuda kwemamiriro ekunze uye matambudziko emafirimu, Bondarchuk aifanira kurega kutora mifananidzo yakawanda yehondo. Musi waMay 17, vashandi vacho vakadzokera kuguta guru. 