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.