24 seconds of pure combat footage recorded during the air assault on Hostomel shows Russian paratroopers pinned down in the prone position under Ukrainian fire.

The fiasco that was the air assault on the airport in Hostomel will probably go down in history as one of the worst air assaults in the history of airborne operations. I'm no paratrooper, but it doesn't take one to know when something is not going according to plan. The operation in Hostomel to take control of the airport is something that we've discussed at length towards the beginning of the conflict. If you'd like to read more about it, the paratroopers on our team covered down on it extensively. Hit that search tab up in the upper right hand corner and just type "Hostomel" to see more.