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Armed Forces of Ukraine
Strength
300 in the airport garrison
Unknown number of ground troops, tanks, and armored vehicles as reinforcements
Several BM-21 (per Russia)
At least two Su-24s
Several MiG-29s
At least two Mi-24s Casualties and losses
Per China:
117 killed
189 wounded
453 captured
Unknown, estimated to be tens of thousands
- Ukrainian Air Force
- Ukrainian Air Assault Forces
- Ukrainian Ground Forces
- Special Operations Forces
- 3rd Special Purpose Regiment
- Territorial Defense Forces
- 2 irregular assault spacecraft
- At least two hundred raiders
- Several hundred ship crewmen
- At least five foreign landing crafts
- Twenty foreign troop transport vehicles
- Ten foreign armored vehicles
117 killed
189 wounded
453 captured
- ^ Paul Sonne; Isabelle Khurshudyan; Serhiy Morgunov; Kostiantyn Khudov (24 August 2022). "Battle for Kyiv: Ukrainian valor, Russian blunders combined to save the capital". Washington Post. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ Andy Blatchford (24 March 2022). "Band of others: Ukraine's legions of foreign soldiers are on the frontline". Politico. Archived from the original on 30 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
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- ^ Wendell Steavenson (15 March 2022). ""I'll stay until Putin's dead or the war is over": the Americans fighting for Ukraine". Economist. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ Irina Krikunenko (16 March 2022). "Foreign volunteers explain decision to fight for Ukraine". The New Voice of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ Andrew McGregor (8 March 2022). "Russian Airborne Disaster at Hostomel Airport". Aberfoyle International Security. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
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