Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te marama o Hepetema 1939, i whakahau a Voronov i te pu o te rohe o te ope taua o Belorussian i te wa o te whakaekenga a te Soviet o Poland. I whara kino ia i roto i te aitua waka, a, i kii ia i whakaorangia tona ora e te pene hiriwa i hoatu ki a ia e Dolores Ibárruri i Spain. I te marama o Noema, i tirotirohia e Voronov nga hoia o te Rohe Hauora o Leningrad, i te mea kua rite mo te Pakanga Hotoke. I te wa o te pakanga, i arahi ia i nga waahanga patu patu, ko te nuinga o te ope taua 7, ka whawhai i te whakaeke ki te Raina Mannerheim. Mo ana mahi i te wa o te pakanga, i whakawhiwhia a Voronov ki tetahi Tohu Tuarua o Lenin ka whakatairangahia ki Komandarm 2nd rank. I te 4 o Hune 1940, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te taumata o te koromatua o te puhipuhi i muri i te whakauru mai o nga rangatira rangatira o te ope Whero. I whakahaerehia e Voronov te patu patu o te Rohe Hauora Motuhake o Kiev i te wa o te
Te noho a te Soviet ki Bessarabia me Northern Bukovina.