 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 22 June 1941, Operation Barbarossa, kupindirwa kweGermany kweSoviet Union kwakatanga. Pasi pezvombo zvinorema zvepfuti nemabhomba emhepo, Lazarenko akakwanisa kubvisa zvasara zvechikamu chake kubva pakurwiswa kweGerman, uko kwakakomberedza zvakasara zvechikamu chakadziviriraNhare yeBrest. 42nd yakadzokera kunzvimbo dziri kumabvazuva kweBrest, uye mushure mekurwa kwekudzokera shure kwakabuda muhomwe paBobruisk. Musi wa 4 Chikunguru akasungwa, pamwe chete nevamwe vatungamiri veWestern Front vakapomerwa mhosva yekukundwa kwemazuva ekutanga ehondo, uye akatongerwa rufu musi wa 17 Gunyana. Mutongo wacho waiti: pasinei zvapo nokuziva nezvokugadzirira kwokushingaira kwevavengi nokuda kwebasa rehondo, achiratidza kusava nehanya, haana kuchengeta mauto achingwarira. Mumaminitsi okutanga okurwiswa Lazarenko akaratidza kuvhiringidzika uye kusaita chinhu, uye, panzvimbo pokuita chiito nokudzinga muvengi, akaenda kumuzinda mukuru, achisiya mauto ake asina nhungamiro yakakodzera. Musi waSeptember 29 mutongo wake wakachinjwa ndokuchinjwa kuva makore gumi mumisasa yechibharo. Lazarenko akaiswa mujeri mumusasa muKomi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic kweinopfuura gore. 