Irpin: Volatile Ground
March - June 2022
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Offense on Kyiv
In the spring of 2022 Irpin became the site of a battlefield during the Kyiv offensive. The city was shelled by Russian artillery but the Ukrainians were able to prevent multiple attempts to move into the town.
![A car with a broken windshield and a baby in the back. A family escaping from Bucha was stopped by Russian occupiers and deprived of all their personal belongings their windshield was broken, Irpin, Ukraine - 10/03/2022](https://federico-quintana.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/L1006964-640x423.jpg)
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According to Human Rights Watch, on March 6, 2022, Russian forces bombarded an intersection on a road of Irpin which was used by civilians to flee.
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As of 24 March 2022, 80% of the city was recaptured from Russian occupants by Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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After the liberation the mayor of Irpin said that the Russian military had killed more than 300 civilians and 50 servicemen in the city.
![A grave with an improvised cross. People killed during the occupation were buried by family or friends anywhere they could. Here, a grave in a public park, Irpin, 02/04/2022.](https://federico-quintana.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/L1008768-3-640x423.jpg)
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Irpin was damaged by 70% during the Russian invasion in spring 2022, in June 2023 the city’s major reported that 85% percent of the population had returned and that the city was hosting 25,000 internally displaced people.
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