Hostomel

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Gostomel

A rural settlement, the administrative centre of the settlement hromada of the same name of Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1494, designated a hero city on the 6th of March 2022.
The heliborne VDV forces landing at Hostomel in February 2022 suffered extensively, but I feel pretty confident projecting that casualties would have been much, much higher if they’d flown a bunch of Ilyushin-76ers towards Kyiv instead.
2024 September 15th, “Perun” (channel name), “The Paradrop Problem”, in Disappointing Systems in Ukraine – From imprecise precision munitions to explosive IFVs, via YouTube, 31:11–31:25
1. A settlement hromada of Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, established on the 12th of June 2020.

Borrowed from Ukrainian Госто́мель (Hostómelʹ).

More words from Ukrainian

Chinese Mandarin 霍斯托梅爾 /霍斯托梅尔

Czech Hostomel

French Hostomel

German Hostomel

Hungarian Hosztomel

Lithuanian Hostòmelis

Polish Hostomel

Russian Госто́мель

Ukrainian Госто́мель, Госто́мельська се́лищна грома́да

Госто́мель (Hostómelʹ)rural settlement in Hostomel, Bucha, Kyiv, Ukraine
Госто́мельська се́лищна грома́да (Hostómelʹsʹka sélyščna hromáda)settlement hromada in Bucha, Kyiv, Ukraine

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