The Battle for Kyiv – How It Really was –

• Autor: Wieland Giebel
• ISBN: ISBN 978-3-95723-211-3
  Verfügbarkeit: available
  Umfang: 264 pages, 19 x 12,5cm,
  Preis: 16,00 €

The Battle for Kyiv – How It Really Was – Implications for Europe

On the morning of February 24, 2022, Russian paratroopers land at Hostomel Airport just outside Kyiv. A lightning attack, planned to last three days, is intended to bring down the Ukrainian capital and topple the government. Things turned out differently. In “The Battle for Kyiv,” Wieland Giebel recounts how Ukrainian soldiers, National Guard members, and civilians held back one of the world’s greatest military powers during the decisive days of the war—at Hostomel Airport, at the Kosarovychi Dam, in the northern pincer movements toward Kyiv, and in the bitter struggle for survival in Irpin.

The book is based on 50 interviews the author conducted in Ukraine in 2025 and 2026—with soldiers, commanders, and eyewitnesses. The result is not an academic analysis, but a densely told, fact-filled reconstruction of those days that goes beyond the military events: It asks why Ukraine’s civilian resilience ran so deep, why warnings from Western intelligence agencies were ignored—and what this means for a Europe that has long believed a war of aggression on its continent to be unthinkable.

On the cover: Serhii Falatyuk, a National Guard soldier who shot down the first Russian combat helicopter—a decisive moment—during the Battle of Kyiv.

Surrender Is Not an Option –

German, Englisch und – Ukrainian free of charge