 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekunge Operation Barbarossa yatanga, Belov akatungamira mauto mukurwa kuSouthern Front, achipedzisa huwandu hwekurwira mabasa kuti akurumidze kufukidza kumberi kwe9th ne18th mauto eSouthern Front uye chengetedza mutsetse paDniester. Akatungamirira kudzokera shure kunorwa kubva kuTiraspol kuenda kuKiev. Mukati mokushanda kweKiev, iyo yakaguma nekukundwa kwemauto eSoviet muUkraine, akabata hondo dzekudzivirira dzakabudirira munzira yeRomny-Shtepovka, uye akatotanga kurwisa kwakasimba munzvimbo ino, izvo zvakaita kuti zvikwanise kuponesa chikamu chemauto akakomberedzwa. Munguva yehondo dzezhizha-dzhizha ra1941, akapihwa Order yaLenin. 