 On 25 May, Makashutin was replaced by Colonel Pyotr Shelko, who led the division for the rest of its existence.With the 46th Army, the division fought in the breakthrough of the German-Romanian positions at Chobruchi and covered the army in its advance to the Danube, before being withdrawn into the front reserve.For "exemplary completion of command tasks", the 4th received the honorific Lower Dniester for its actions.