Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te 22 o Hune 1941, i te rā tuatahi o te whakaekenga a Tiamana, ka puta mai ngā whakahau mai i te tari matua o te Runga ki te Tonga ki te Uru i raro i a Mikhail Kirponos ki te rōpū pūkaha kia whakatere wawe tonu ki mua. Ko te 9th Mechanized Corps i neke atu i ana waahanga ki te taone o Irkutsk, ki te huarahi o te 14th Panzer Division, i peia ai te 131st Motorized Division mai i te taone. I taua wā, i te tonga o Irkutsk, ka whakaū te 11th Panzer Division i a Dubno
, he pokapū huarahi nui, ki te iti rawa o te aukati, a ka whakahau a Kirponos i tetahi whakaeke-whakamutu wawe ki te whakahoki mai. Ahakoa kei te haere tonu ki te rohe whawhai, i whakahiatohia e te 20th me te 35th nga wehenga o mua i waenga i te 30 me te 40 tanks me te hunga hiko, ka tukuna atu ki mua, ka tapahi i te huarahi Irkutsk-Dubno.