Moshchun

Moshchun or Moschun (Ukrainian: Мощун) is a village (selo) in Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine.

[1] Most of the village was destroyed during Russia's attempt to capture Kyiv as part of its 2022 invasion.

[citation needed] The May 21, 1656 Universal of Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky gifted Moshchun, Vyshhorod, and Novi Petrivtsi to the Mezhyhirya Monastery.

[citation needed] The Russian language television programs Muhtar's Return & Svaty were both filmed in Moshchun.

Ukrainian forces held their positions at Moshchun against many Russian attacks, and it became one of the key strongholds protecting Kyiv.

1854 drawing of Moshchun