On 1400 on 23 August 1945 a new convoy VKMA-2 departed from Vladivostok to the port of Maoka, which transported the 342nd Rifle Division and 215th Artillery Brigade of the 87th Rifle Corps, arriving at 1425 on 26 August 1945 at the port.
Although the 342nd was in the process of being transported to Sakhalin on 25 August, on 22 August Stalin had already ordered Vasilevsky to halt the planned landing preparations on Hokkaido until further notice. However he allowed the transfer of the 87th Rifle Corps to continue to Sakhalin.
By 27 August 1945 the landing operation on was Hokkaido postponed, and then completely abandoned.
At 0920 on 25 August 1945 the convoy VKMA-3 departed Vladivostok with the 264th Rifle Division and staff of the 87th Rifle Corps. Because of
a breakdown in the screw propeller in the transport “Leo Tolstoy” the convoy had to berth at the Vladimir Bay, where it stood until 28 August 1945, eventually reaching Maoka at 1330 on 30 August 1945.
At 0000 on 30 August 1945 the 87th RC was transferred to the
2nd Far East Front by order of Marshal of the Soviet Union A.M. Vasilevsky. The corps became a part of the
16th Army.
Unloading the last regiment of the 264th RD on Sakhalin was completed at 1900 on 1 September 1945.
On 2 September 1945 the transportation of the 87th Rifle Corps to Sakhalin island was completed.