 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna February 1943, uto rakarwa muHondo yeKrasny Bor. Mauto akanga ari kuruboshwe kurwisa uye aifanira kurwisa kubva kuKolpino uye kuparadza Blue Division paKrasny Bor, ipapo kufambira mberi kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kuTosno. Kurwiswa kwechikamu chechikamu musi wa 8 Kukadzi kwakamanikidza nzvimbo dzinoverengeka dzeBlue Division kumashure. Musi waFebruary 10, 55th Army yakarwisa panguva imwe chete ne54th Army. Hondo yechi55 yakarwisa iri mberi kwemakiromita gumi nemana, ichiisa zvikamu zvitatu zvepfuti uye brigade yetangi kurwisa rimwe regiment reBlue Division. Mauto eSoviet akaputsa mutsetse weSpain uye 63rd Guards Rifle Division yeuto yakasvika ndokutora Krasny Bor. Kuruboshwe rwehondo, 43rd Rifle Division yakarwisa regiment yeSS Polizei Division, asi haina kukwanisa kufambira mberi. Masimba eGermany akasvika ndokuumba mutsetse mutsva wekudzivirira kumaodzanyemba kweKrasny Bor, achimisa kufambira mberi kwe55th Army. Mauto akaunza zvikwata zvematangi ayo ndokutangazve kurwisa kuMishkino musi wa17 Kukadzi asi zvakare akadzoserwa nematangi eTiger ePanzer-Abteilung 502. Mukurwisa kwacho, uto racho rakafambira mberi makiromita mashanu uye rakarasikirwa nevanhu vanopfuura 10 000. Hondo yakakonzera kurasikirwa kwe3,645 paBlue Division. Musi wa 19 Kurume, mauto akarwisa zvakare pamwe chete ne8th Army, asi akamanikidzwa kudzokera shure nekurwisa kubva kuLegion Flandern uye Panzer-Abteilung 502. 