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The fight continues for another hour with Russian MI-8s unable to land.
Ukrainian units then retreat back to the 4th rapid response base as they are running out of ammunition.
This then allows the Russian VDV troops in the MI-8 helicopters to land on the north western side of the airport where they deploy all of their paratroopers.
The Russians also land on the north west of the airport with another landing force in an effort to surround the base, the initial wave was around 100 soldiers from the 31st guards and 18th separate guards air assault brigades of the Russian army they were heavily armed with portable mortars and grenade launchers.
They manage to secure the main runway, along with several administrative buildings but they do not advance straight away as they are waiting for reinforcements.
Russian air assault units pause for around an hour surrounding the Ukrainian base as more reinforcements arrive to Hostomel in the second wave of MI-8s who land an additional 200 paratroopers allowing them to continue their advance around the airport.
They move cautiously and clear the surrounding area the control tower and buildings around are captured quickly.
The first on the ground contact between Ukrainian and Russian forces happens along the cross roads between the airport and the base where a fierce battle rages for 2 hours.
After a prolonged battle Ukrainian forces are forced to withdraw as they have ran out of ammunition they swiftly moved south east of the base and disappear into surrounding forest areas.
The Russians move in and capture the base meaning at this time the airport has fallen into their control.
They raise their flag above the airport and start setting up defensive positions to defend the runway.
This is because they are seeking to land an additional brigade sized element of Russian paratroopers and light armoured vehicles carried by 18 Ilyushin Il-76 large transport aircraft who take off from Russia almost immediately.
However little to they realise their assault has taken to long and reinforcing heavy Ukrainian units will soon arrive.
If the Russians had been able to land this force on the airbase it would have been catastrophic for the Ukrainian defence of Kyiv as such a large force would have been hard to stop.
Whilst the Russian paratroopers try to chase away the 4th rapid reaction conscript groupings.
Heavy Ukrainian 72nd Mechanised Brigade arrives north east of the airport with tanks and heavy artillery after an hour Long drive from its base in Bila Teservka surrounding that side of the airport.
To the west of the airport the Ukrainian 80th and 95th air assault brigades also arrive on their own MI-8 transport aircraft effectively surrounding the Russians in the airport.
These Ukrainian reinforcements then begin to set up heavy artillery and mortar positions to pound Russian vdv in the area of the airport.
The fighting has a brief pause as Russian paratroopers under strict orders to not leave the airport in wait for their large reinforcements to arrive, this gives the Ukrainians enough time to plan and execute their own counterattack at 3:30 pm the airport is completely surrounded and the order is given to liberate it.
Ukrainian Counterattack:
Ukrainian heavy artillery starts along with SU-24 bombers from the airforce start to heavily hit the airport especially the runway rendering it useless, as Ukrainian command has intelligence of the large reinforcements landing which is to come.
Ukrainian land forces with support form armoured vehicles and close air support from Mi-28 gunships start to advance into the airport from several directions, heavy fighting ensues.
As the fighting intensifies Vdv units take heavy losses and are forced to desert their positions now themselves running into surrounding forest areas, building by building is cleared of Russian elite paratroopers.
By 9PM all resistance in the airport area has been removed, Russian large air transports heading towards the airport with a brigade of air assault troops are called off and are forced to land in Belarus.
Despite the heroic counterattack made by Ukrainian forces, Russian reinforcements arrive to Hostomel surprisingly the next day this time from the north as several battalion tactical groups had advanced south from the Belarusian border through the Chernobyl exclusion zone.
On the 25th of February the fight for Hostomel town begins and by March 5th the whole town is under control of Russian forces.
As Ukrainian forces had to withdraw being severely outnumbered and outgunned by several battalion tactical groups.
After the Ukrainians retreat from the airport they begin another massive artillery bombardment of the runway rendering it completely useless for any air landing operations in the future, whilst also causing massive losses to Russian brigades who had set up base in the area.
Ukrainian forces continued to counterattack in the area in particular having success on march 16th, despite this Russians held the airport and the town until their full withdrawal from the north of Ukraine on April 1st.
To conclude the Battle Of Hostomel airport became one of the most important battles of the war.
Stopping Russian forces landing a large force so close to the capital city, enabled Ukrainian defenders to organise and mobilise quick enough to hold off the large land advance to come.
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