I must point out to you that I charged you with the task of coordinating the actions of the 1st and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts, and yet from your report today it is evident that, despite all the acuteness of the situation, you are insufficiently informed about conditions: you do not know about the enemy's capture of Khilki and Nova-Buda; you do not know of Konev's decision concerning the use of the 5th Guards Cavalry Corps and Rotmistrov's tank corps for the purpose of destroying the enemy that has broken through toward Shendyorovka.

There are sufficient forces and means on the left wing of the 1st Ukrainian Front and on the right wing of the 2nd Ukrainian Front to liquidate the enemy's breakthrough and destroy the Korsun grouping. I demand of you that you devote your chief attention to the execution of this task.