Mius River
During the next two months the division continued exploiting the Soviet victory along the Don River towards and then past Rostov-na-Donu. On February 8, 1943, Col. Kirill Yakovlevich Tymchik took over command of the division, whose advance finally came to a halt along the Mius River. On February 21, Southern Front reported to "STAVKA" that:All of these points were on the left bank of the Mius, as the overstretched Soviet forces were unable to penetrate the German defenses on the right bank, based on fortifications they had built a year earlier.