The success led to Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda less than two weeks later, which aimed to decisively defeat Army Group North, lifting the siege altogether. Polyarnaya Zvezda failed, achieving only minimal progress. Soviet forces made several other attempts in 1943 to renew their offensive and to lift the siege completely, but made only modest gains in each one. The corridor remained within range of German artillery, and the Red Army did not finally lift the siege until a year later, on 27 January 1944.