The Hidden Battle that Saved Ukraine

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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 Epiolgue

Media licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en):

From Kyivcity.gov.ua:
https://kyivcity.gov.ua/photo/ItemImage_50_dniv_aktivnogo_sprotivu_okupantu_mriya_nikoli_ne_pomre_foto__kmda_oleksiy_samsonov/

From Mil.gov.ua:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lieutenant_General_Valerii_Zaluzhnyi.jpg

From Rosavtodor.ru:
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From Mil.ru:
https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=17460@morfVideoAudioFile
https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=17469@morfVideoAudioFile
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Media licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en):

From Vasiliy Koba:
http://spotters.net.ua/file/?id=95892

From Vitaly V. Kuzmin:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IL-76MD_-_TankBiathlon2013_(modified).jpg

Media licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en):

From Igor Dvurekov:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mil_Mi-8P,_Baltic_Airlines_AN1723454.jpg

Media licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en):

From RIA Novosti:
http://visualrian.ru/ru/site/gallery/#848095

From Alex Beltyukov:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Antonov-Design-Bureau/Antonov-An-225-Mriya/2178900/L/

Media licensed under CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/):

From OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/osce_smmu/16109335994/

From Clemens Vasters:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/clemensv/8293020999/

Media licensed under GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GNU_Free_Documentation_License,_version_1.2):

From Ralf Manteufel:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled-(Antonov-Design/Antonov-An-225-Mriya/1240864/L/

From Dmitriy Pichugin:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Russia---Air/Kamov-Ka-50/0920728/L/

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