4-1-1943 6.= pm. Frederick Allen
In Russia the first Ukrainian group
under Vatutin is rapidly nearing
the 1939 border over a 50 to 60 mile front.
The advance goes on and the Russians
are half way between Belgorod where
their summer offensive began and
the German frontier which means a
distance of 500 miles in under 6
months.
140 miles N.W. of Kiev the Russians are
8 miles short of the 1939 border
at Lutsk (?). Novohrad-Volynskyi has
also been taken.
South of Kiev the Russians are
swinging round Berdytsjiv
and the great Russian salient
is steadily being pushed out.
The Germans report continued
Russian attacks in this sector
The Russians are now 250 miles
from Slovakia and Hungary.
The Germans say it is not true
that there have been cabinet
changes in Bulgaria. The weather
on the Italian front shows signs
of improvements. In the Adriatic
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