Vasylkiv (Ukrainian: Васильків, IPA: [wɐsɪlʲˈkiu̯], Russian: Васильков, romanized: Vasilkov) is a city on the Stuhna River in Obukhiv Raion, Kyiv Oblast, central Ukraine.

The city hosts Vasylkiv Air Base and is an industrial centre, producing electrical appliances and leather goods.

[7] Through the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, Vasylkiv remained an obscure place, almost forgotten in spite of the glorious history and connection to many earlier historic events, it was put back on the map by an anecdotal story related to Catherine II of Russia.

[4] In 1918-1919, the city was liberated from Bolshevik control by the Ukrainian army several times, on February 28 the Battle of Vasylkiv took place.

After the battle of Vasylkiv, the Black Zaporizhzhia Cavalry Regiment was freed from the occupying Russian troops.

[18][19] As of 18 January 2024, claims that Ukraine had killed 350 paratroopers in the downed planes were still unconfirmed by independent sources.

[20] In the morning of 27 February 2022, Russian forces struck an oil depot in the city, leading to large explosions and fires.