In early July, the brigade was transferred north to the Kiev area with the rest of the corps. On 15 July, it concentrated into the Dudarkovo area, organizing a circular anti-tank and anti-aircraft defense, tasked with air surveillance of the area around the Gogolev and Borispol airfields in order to prevent a German airborne attack. From early August, the brigade fought with the corps in the Battle of Kiev. A battalion from the 212th entered combat on 6 August and was joined by the rest of the brigade on the morning of 7 August. A squad leader of the 212th, Sergeant Yakov Vatomov, became one of the first airborne Heroes of the Soviet Union of the war for leading his platoon in an attack. The brigade was temporarily detached to the Kiev Fortified Region for the defense, and on 21 August, when the troops defending the city in the northern sector began retreating to the Dnieper, it was pulled out and rejoined the corps in the Vortnichi Forest near Brovary. On 23 August, German troops captured the Okunevo bridge and began advancing east, threatening the capture of Oster, a key rear base north of Kiev. The brigade was transferred to Oster to hold the city and on 24 August was given responsibility for the defense of the line of Beliki, Oster, and Vypolzovo. By the morning of 25 August, it was to be reinforced with a rifle regiment and artillery battalion from the 165th Rifle Division, and a flotilla company. For five days the brigade defended Oster, preventing German troops from crossing the Desna River. On 28 August, the brigade and its corps were withdrawn into Southwestern Front reserve.