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[Sarcastosaurus]

Erm....The assaults of the 35th CAA on positions of the 72nd Mech in the Moshchun area, in March 2022, were anything else than a 'parade'.

Almost an entire battalion of the brigade was KIA or WIA. Just the media missed them at the time, and the ZSU was too scared about a possible breakthrough but to report about that. Had the 72nd not held out there, the Russians would have reached Kyiv not only with 'few Spetsnaz and the VDV', but with an entire division of troops, and 'Boucha' would've been 'peanuts' in comparison.

[Jim the Enchanter]

Thanks for the update. I really wasn't aware of Moshchun being of such a scale (the news were more about the flooding of the Irpin area thwarting the Russian advance).

Voznesensk actually received coverage back then, though it was also more like "the Russians were already overextended and withdrew after unexpectedly coming under artillery fire".

[Sarcastosaurus]

There are few articles in the Ukrainian press, and two in the specialised US online media (like Small Wars Journal). Not particularly precise, but offering a good overview.

[Alejandro Montenegro]

Thanks for this and for the update. I recall only about the "attacks repeled because overextended Russian forces".

[Binjo]

Voznesensk was covered by The Atlantic, Moshun was covered in EXTREME detail by I think WaPo as part of an extremely long article about the Battle of Kyiv

[Spike]

Moshchun was the point were the Irpin was crossed successfully, but the Russians got stopped there immediately. It is the only place were Russian armored vehicles were east of the Irpin in direction of Kyiv.

That's why they tried encircling Kyiv by going South and got stopped there too. Main reason was Ukrainian resistance and no logistics in place...

[Sarcastosaurus]

....and then the blowing up of a dam: water swept away the third Russian pontoon bridge at Moshchun.