The Hidden Battle that Saved Ukraine

Check out my book “What Caused the Russia-Ukraine War“: You can also read it for free by signing up for a Kindle Unlimited trial at (These are affiliate links, meaning I earn a commission when you make a transaction through them. This means that even if you read for free, you are still supporting the channel.) It is 8 am on February 24, 2022. Although no one in Ukraine realizes it yet, what is about to unfold in a relatively unassuming part of the country will be arguably the single most important event in Ukrainian history. The stakes could not be higher: the country itself is on the line. This is story of the Battle of Hostomel Airport. 0:00 Introduction 1:43 Prologue 6:12 Mobilization 10:36 Russia’s Plan 14:44 The First Shots 16:37 Interlude 17:58 Ukraine’s Back Up Plan 20:43 The Counterattack 23:51 Epilogue Media licensed under CC BY 4.0 (): From : From : : From : From : From : http://мультимедиа.минобороны.рф/multimedia/video/clips/?id=17565@morfVideoAudioFile Media licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (): From Vasiliy Koba: From Vitaly V. Kuzmin: :IL-76MD_-_TankBiathlon2013_(modified).jpg Media licensed under CC BY 3.0 (): From Igor Dvurekov: :Mil_Mi-8P, Media licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (): From RIA Novosti: #848095 From Alex Beltyukov: Media licensed under CC BY 2.0 (): From OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine: From Clemens Vasters: Media licensed under GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 (:GNU_Free_Documentation_License,_version_1.2): From Ralf Manteufel: (Antonov-Design/Antonov-An-225-Mriya/1240864/L/ From Dmitriy Pichugin: