 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kunyangwe panguva iyi yakaderera yesimba, musi waFebruary 23 iyo 387th, ichibatsirwa ne24th Guards, yakaramba ichisundira mberi kurwisa battalion yepanzergrenadier ye23rd Panzer iyo yakanga isiri mumamiriro akanaka. Zuva rakatevera racho 1271st Regiment yakatarisana nekurwisa kwakapihwa nematanki matanhatu eGerman kubva kuKomunna ayo akadzoka mushure mekunge imwe yaparadzwa. Pakupedzisira, musi waFebruary 25 2nd Guards Army yakarairwa kuti iende kunodzivirira, kunyange zvazvo yakarongwa kutanga kurwisa kutsva mazuva matatu gare gare. Musi waFebruary 27 divi rakashumwa se rine huwandu hwevarume 1,539, kusanganisira 565 bayonets. Apo kurwisa kwakatangazve zuva rakatevera rakapamba mazhinji eHill 114.9 ne98th Division, asi kutevera uku kupisa kukuru kweGermany kwakaunza mberi kumira. Musi wa 2 Kurume, vakawana zvishoma chete, asi 387 vakafa, 116 vakakuvadzwa uye 4 vakashaika muhondo. Panguva ino Boka reMauto reGermany reSouth rakanga richipedzisa kukundwa kwaro kweSouthwestern Frontkuchamhembe kweDonbass, uye hapana chakanga chiripo kuti chibatsire Southern Front kuputsa Mius Wall, saka musi waMarch 3 2nd Guards Army yakarayirwa kuchera kuti idzivirire bridgehead yayo. 