Vasilkov

Vasylkiv (Ukrainian: Василькiв, translit. Vasyl’kiv; also spelled Vasilkov) is a city located on the Stuhna River in Kiev Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. Administratively, it is incorporated as a town of oblast significance. It also serves as the administrative center of Vasylkivskyi Raion (district) though it does not belong to the raion. A settlement with an over 1000 years history, it was incorporated as a city in 1796. The city hosts the Vasylkiv air base since the Cold War.

Vasilkov in The Hot War
In June, 1951, Ihor Shevchenko was taken by the MGB to a Red Army recruiting station in Vasilkov, where he was informed that he'd be kitted out and sent to the fighting in Europe the following day.