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The Battle of Irpin River

Based on extensive field research and first-hand oral interviews, this timely special edition of The British Army Review provides professional soldiers with a hugely valuable insight into one of the opening chapters of Ukraine’s ongoing fight against a numerically-superior enemy. Its narrative focuses on the defence staged by the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Battalion and supporting units of the Ukrainian Army’s 72nd Mechanised Brigade. The Battle of Irpin River details the fighting that took place at Antonov Airport on the 24th February and the subsequent battle along the Irpin River at Horenka, Moshchun and Huta Mezhyhirs’ka. The waterway became a natural front line – an operational obstacle that Russian forces had to overcome and, when the Ukrainian military flooded the river, a barrier that became uncrossable. The battle raged until the end of March 2022 and ended in a Russian retreat.