The division transferred to the 48th Rifle Corps of the 69th Army on July 12, then back to the 7th Guards Army, now with the Steppe Front (renamed the 2nd Ukrainian on October 20), on July 29. Morozov subsequently led the 81st Guards in the Battle of Kursk, during which it fought in the Battle of Prokhorovka, the Belgorod-Kharkov Offensive Operation, and the Battle of the Dnieper. On September 14 he left his command, and was replaced by Col. Sergeii Grigorevich Nikolaiev five days later. Morozov returned to the 81st on December 12. He went on to lead the division in the recapture of Left-bank Ukraine, the Kirovograd Offensive, the Uman–Botoșani Offensive, the Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive, and the advance into Romania and Bulgaria. He last led the division during the Battle of Debrecen in October 1944.