 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - STAVKA yakapa rairo musi waKurume 7 yekurwiswa pamwe chete neCentral, Briansk neWestern Fronts munzira yeOryol. Rokossovski akarayira zvikamu zvina zve21st Army, kusanganisira 375th, kuti vatange kufambira mberi musi waKurume 10, mukubatana neNew 70th Army. Zvisinei, panguva iyi, mauto maviri echiGermany, 2nd ne2nd Panzer Armies akanga ava kuwanazve mwero wavo uye akanga ava kutanga kuvhara mukaha mukuru waiva pamberi. Mauto e21 akasvika munharaunda yeFatezh musi wa11, asi panguva ino mashoko akanga ava kusvika okuti kurwisa kweboka remauto reSouthKurwisana neVoronezh Front kwakanga kuchityisidzira kutorazve Kharkov, uye Mauto akaendeswa kumaodzanyemba kunobatana neFront iyoyo. Mauto e21 akazotumidzwazve zita rekuti 6th Guards Army musi wa 16 Kubvumbi, uye pakupera kwemwedzi 375th yaizopihwa kune itsva 23rd Guards Rifle Corps. 