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Update 3
From The Diary Of Pvt. Dimitri Ivanovich Petrenko, 55.Rifle Division, 47.Rifle Corps, Smolensk Front, August 24, 1941.
'' Today we received a radio transmission. The germans attacked Kiev again. They advanced with less numbers than the first attack, hoping they had killed a lot of soviets in theyr last try. Field Marshal Kulik defeated the germans yet again, leading to a collapse of the german offensive capacity on the Ukrainian Front.''
Panzer III advancing in Kiev
From The Diary Of Pvt. Dimitri Ivanovich Petrenko, 55.Rifle Division, 47.Rifle Corps, Smolensk Front, August 28, 1941.
''After the second german defeat in Kiev, ithe red army gained the upper hand in the Ukrainian Front. Field Marshall Kulik ordered an offensive over Vishgorod, to secure Kiev's right flank. After a brutal twenty hour fighting, Vishgorod was reconquered.
T34's advancing to the Dnieper
''The situation on the city was tragical. It was completely destroyed by the battle, only a third of Vishgorod wasn't burning.''
From The Diary Of Pvt. Dimitri Ivanovich Petrenko, 55.Rifle Division, 47.Rifle Corps, Smolensk Front, September 10, 1941.
''Two days ago, our commander, Field Marshal Konev, was sent to north. He received the command of the 1st Baltic Front. The famous General Zhukov received the command of our front. Today he ordered the beggining of Operation Hurricane, an encirclement of german soldiers, before the Dvina-Dnieper Offensive begin.''
T-34s advancing on the right flank of Orsha
From The Diary Of Pvt. Dimitri Ivanovich Petrenko, 55.Rifle Division, 47.Rifle Corps, Smolensk Front, September 20, 1941
'' The encirclement of Orsha was a great success. A hundred thousand germans were surrounded. Gen. Zhukov ordered my unit to advance together with supporting T-34s to capture the germans.''
Captured germans
'' I killed my first enemy today at Orsha. Initially, I thougth: I killed an enemy of the motherland! This is one step closer to victory! But them, I got close to his body, full of bullets from my PPSh-41, and saw that I was nothing more than a mere murderer...I'm confused.''