Jassy–Kishinev Offensive
Following recovery was sent to the southern sector of the Soviet-German front. From October 1943 fought on the Southern, 3rd Ukrainian and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts as staff commander of the 13th Guards Mechanized Brigade. Distinguished himself in the Melitopol Offensive (where he was wounded a fourth time), the Nikolsko-Krivorozhskaya Operation, Bereznegovato-Snigirevskaya Operation, and the Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive.