After the end of the fighting at Stalingrad, the army was withdrawn to the Reserve of the Supreme High Command (RVGK). The division became part of the Central Front on 15 February before joining the Voronezh Front on 14 March. By 1 May, the army was reorganized as the 6th Guards Army. Lagutin commanded the 23rd Guards Rifle Corps of the front between 31 July and 8 August during the Battle of Kursk and the Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation, before returning to his previous post. He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 1st class on 27 August 1943. The army was withdrawn to the RVGK on 30 September, and in October transferred to the 2nd Baltic Front. Conducting a march to the Nevel region, the army took up defensive positions west of the city. Lagutin was wounded and evacuated to a hospital on 3 November, and on his return from 5 April 1944 returned to his duties as army deputy commander. The army fought in Operation Bagration, the Šiauliai offensive, the Riga offensive, and the capture of Polotsk as part of the 1st Baltic Front. He was promoted to Lieutenant general on 13 September and awarded a second Order of the Red Banner on 19 September. In the final weeks of the war in 1945, after fighting in the Memel Offensive, the army and front blockaded the Courland Pocket. Lagutin commanded the 22nd Guards Rifle Corps on the Leningrad Front between 7 and 26 May.