Not to be confused with Battle of Antonov Airport.
Battle of Hostomel
Part of the Kyiv offensive and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Russian casualties and damaged armoured vehicles in the aftermath of the battle on 4 March in Hostomel
Date
25 February – 1 April 2022 (1 month and 1 week)
Location
Hostomel, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Result
Ukrainian victory
Belligerents
Russia
Ukraine
Units involved
Russian Armed Forces
Russian Ground Forces
41st Combined Arms Army
Russian Airborne Forces
31st Guards Air Assault Brigade[1]
Russian Air Force
National Guard of Russia
141st Motorized Regiment[2][3]
Ukrainian Armed Forces
Ukrainian Ground Forces
72nd Mechanized Brigade
Georgian Legion[4]
Air Assault Forces
80th Air Assault Brigade
Special Operations Forces
3rd Separate Special Purpose Regiment[1]
Territorial Defense Forces
National Guard of Ukraine Security Service of Ukraine
Alpha Group (SBU)
HUR MOU[1] Irregular civilian volunteers (militia)[1]
Ukrainian guerrillas[5]
v
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e
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Northern Ukraine campaign
Antonov Airport
Chernobyl
Hostomel
Ivankiv
Kyiv
Kyiv strikes
shopping centre bombing
Russian Kyiv convoy
Bucha
massacre
Irpin
refugee column shelling
Makariv
Moshchun
Brovary
Slavutych
Borodianka
Hlukhiv
Konotop
Sumy
ammonia leak
Trostianets
Chernihiv
Chernihiv strikes
3 March 2022 bombing
16 March 2022 breadline attack
August 2023 missile strike
April 2024 missile strike
Okhtyrka
Lebedyn
Northern Ukraine skirmishes
Desna
Eastern Ukraine campaign
Marinka
Avdiivka
Mariupol
hospital airstrike
theatre airstrike
art school bombing
Kharkiv
Kharkiv strikes
February cluster bombing
government building airstrike
March cluster bombing
April cluster bombing
dormitories missile strike
Chuhuiv Air Base
Volnovakha
massacre
Izium
massacre
Stara Krasnianka
Donetsk
March 2022 attack
June 2022 attack
September 2022 attack
2024 attack
Rubizhne
Popasna
Kramatorsk
railway station attack
restaurant attack
Battle of Donbas
Kreminna
Siverskyi Donets
school bombing
Sievierodonetsk
Toshkivka
1st Lyman
Sviatohirsk
Lysychansk
2024 missile strike
Chasiv Yar strike
Pisky
Olenivka massacre
Bakhmut
Soledar
Vuhledar
Makiivka
Kharkiv counteroffensive
Balakliia
Kupiansk
civilian convoy shelling
2nd Lyman
Luhansk Oblast campaign
Lyman cluster bombing
Kostiantynivka
Hroza
Chasiv Yar
Krasnohorivka
Ocheretyne
Southern Ukraine campaign
Kherson
Kherson strikes
Melitopol
Mykolaiv
bombing
7 March 2022 military quarters attack
cluster bombing
18 March 2022 military quarters attack
government building airstrike
Chornobaivka
Enerhodar
Zaporizhzhia NPP
1st and 2nd Voznesensk
Huliaipole
Orikhiv
Davydiv Brid
Crimea
Novofedorivka
1st Crimean Bridge
1st Sevastopol Naval Base
2nd Crimean Bridge
2nd Sevastopol Naval Base
Kherson counteroffensive
Prelude
Nova Kakhovka
Liberation of Kherson
Dnieper
Kakhovka Dam
2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
Zarichne
Other regions
Zaporizhzhia
civilian convoy attack
residential building airstrike
Ivano-Frankivsk
Kryvyi Rih
Lviv
Odesa
6 March 2024 strike
Zhytomyr
Rivne
Vinnytsia
Dnipro
2023 residential building airstrike
Yavoriv
Khmelnytskyi
Kremenchuk
Serhiivka
Chaplyne
Strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
Sloviansk
Uman
Pokrovsk
2023 missile strike
2024 missile strike
29 December 2023 strikes
22 March 2024 strikes
Naval operations
Snake Island
Berdiansk
Moskva
Tendra Spit
Spillover and cross-border incidents
Western Russia
Millerovo
Dyagilevo and Engels air bases
Bryansk Oblast
Belgorod Oblast incursion
30 December 2023 Belgorod shelling
February 2024 Belgorod missile strike
2024 western Russia incursion
Moscow
Kremlin drone attack
May 2023 drone strikes
Transnistria
Poland
Przewodów
Belarus
Machulishchy
Resistance
Ukrainian resistance
Belarusian–Russian anti-war resistance
rail war in Belarus
rail war in Russia
Russian commissariat attacks
Ust-Ilimsk shooting
St. Petersburg cafe bombing
General topics
War crimes
Economic impact
Peace negotiations
Collaboration with Russia
Russian emigration
Attacks on civilians
Nuclear risk
Humanitarian impacts
Russian annexation
Treatment of prisoners of war
Timeline
24 Feb – 7 Apr 2022
8 Apr – 28 Aug 2022
29 Aug – 11 Nov 2022
12 Nov 2022 – 7 Jun 2023
8 Jun 2023 – 31 Aug 2023
1 Sep – 30 Nov 2023
1 Dec 2023 – 31 March 2024
1 April 2024 – present
Related
Zagreb Tu-141 crash
Russian mystery fires
Nord Stream pipeline sabotage
Soloti training ground shooting
2022 Russian mobilization
2022 Russian martial law
2022 protests in Russian-occupied Ukraine
2022 Russian Far East protests
Zeitenwende speech
Lady R incident
Brovary helicopter crash
Black Sea drone incident
Belgorod accidental bombing
Wagner Group rebellion
Wagner Group plane crash
Synytsia
Korochansky Ilyushin Il-76 crash
Skadovsk polling center bombing
June 2024 Ukraine peace conference
The battle of Hostomel was the first major battle in the Russian invasion of Ukraine,[6] fought for control over the town of Hostomel between the Russian and Ukrainian armed forces. As part of the Kyiv offensive, the Russian forces sought control over Hostomel, Bucha and Irpin in order to encircle and besiege the Ukrainian capital city Kyiv from the west.[7][8] Due to the intensity of the Kyiv offensive, the Kyiv Oblast State Administration named Hostomel, along with Irpin, Bucha, Highway M06, and Vyshhorod as the most dangerous places in Kyiv Oblast.[9]
The Russian plans had been to quickly advance on and capture Kyiv, which would have disrupted command and control by the Ukrainian government. While the Russians were able to capture the airport, they were unable to use it to establish an airbridge. The fighting in and around Hostomel has been described as a decisive moment in the early stages of the invasion. It prevented the Russians from quickly taking control of Ukraine as they had planned. Having failed to achieve their operational objective, Russian forces not only withdrew from Hostomel but from all of Kyiv Oblast at the start of April.[10][11][12]
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^Andy Blatchford (24 March 2022). "Band of others: Ukraine's legions of foreign soldiers are on the frontline". Politico. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^""Ребята, сугубо гражданские, чуть ли не во время боя гуглили, как пользоваться оружием": рассказ участника партизанского движения". fakty.ua. May 3, 2022. Archived from the original on December 29, 2022.
^Plokhy, Serhii (2023). The Russo-Ukrainian war: the return of history. New York, NY: WW Norton. p. 159. ISBN 978-1-324-05119-0.
^"Latest Military Situation in Ukraine, 27 February 2022 (Map Update)". Islamic World News. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
^Clark, Mason; Barros, George; Stepanenko, Kateryna (27 February 2022). "Russia-Ukraine Warning Update: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 27, 2022". Critical Threats. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
^"Буча, Ірпінь, Гостомель: Кулеба назвав найнебезпечніші місця Київської області". Depo Kyiv. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
^Collins, Liam; Kofman, Michael; Spencer, John (10 August 2023). "The Battle of Hostomel Airport: A Key Moment in Russia's Defeat in Kyiv". War on the Rocks. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
^"The battle for Kyiv revisited: the litany of mistakes that cost Russia a quick win". The Guardian. 28 December 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
^"One year later: How Russia came to fail in Ukraine, battle after battle". Kyiv Independent. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
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