Could have changed the tide of the entire war. moschun sits only about three miles from kyiv city limits and roughly 15 from the city center. ukrainian troops us had the russians broke through, the thousands of russian troops just across the river would have made an all-out push into kyiv. but a fierce ukrainian counterattack turned the battle around quickly, soldiers going house to house retaking the town, even destroying the pontoon bridge russia had used to bring soldiers across. ukrainian forces also stripping what they could from the supply of russian soldiers. he says they suffered heavy losses here, even though they dominated us in aircraft and drones and 10 to 1 in ar tull ri. for these three soldiers, the victory in the battle of kyiv is something the world should have seen coming. should the rest of the world been surprised?