On 5 July, Cernăuți, the capital of Northern Bukovina, was seized by the 3rd and 23rd Vânători de Munte Battalions.

[10] Mareșal Ion Antonescu Southern Front – General Colonel Ivan Tyulenev The combat operations in Southern Bessarabia were some of the most complex in the entire operation, involving artillery, warships, aviation, soldiers and marines from both sides.

During the night of 9/10 July, the Soviet warships took advantage of the reduced visibility and managed to sneak out of the blockade.

The remnants of the battalion, supported by one armed boat and two motorboats, managed to defend Stipoc Island against further Soviet attacks.

The Romanian 17th Marine Infantry Battalion managed to hold the Periprava sector all throughout the Operation and the preceding days, repelling numerous Soviet attacks.

Like on the previous day, the Romanian monitor scored a direct hit against her Soviet foe, despite the latter's fierce return fire.

[11]: 58 At some point during the Operation, Romanian armed barges shelled and sank an armored motor gunboat off Isaccea.

On 12 July, responding to a powerful Red Army counteroffensive, the Romanians assembled an air fleet of 59 bombers (mostly of Italian and Polish construction) escorted by 54 fighters (including Romanian-made IAR-80s).

Consequently, he rammed his plane into a fourth, killing a deputy Soviet squadron commander (M. Shamanov), but Claru himself didn't survive the crash either.