Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - Na June 22, 1941, ụbọchị mbụ nke mwakpo ndị Germany, iwu sitere n'isi ụlọ ọrụ Southwestern Front n'okpuru Mikhail Kirponos nye ndị ọrụ ụgbọ agha iji gbasaa n'ihu ngwa ngwa o kwere mee. 9th Mechanized Corps kpaliri ndị otu ya n'obodo Irkutsk, n'ụzọ nke 14th Panzer Division na-aga n'ihu, nke mere ka 131st Motorized Division pụọ n'obodo ahụ. Ka ọ dịgodị, n'ebe ndịda nke Irkutsk, ndị 11th Panzer Division nwetara Dubno
, ụzọ dị mkpa, megide obere nguzogide, na Kirponos nyere iwu ka a na-emegide ya ozugbo iji weghachite ya. Ọ bụ ezie na ha ka na-aga n'ihu n'ọgbọ agha, ma nke iri abụọ na nke iri atọ na ise gbakọtara n'ihu nke dị n'agbata tankị 30 na 40 tinyere ihe ndị agha na-aga n'ihu, ma mee ka ha gaa n'ihu, na-egbutu ụzọ Irkutsk-Dubno.