Irpin: Volatile Ground

March - June 2022

People escaping from Irpin and Bucha are evacuated via the destroyed Irpin bridge, Ukraine - 10/03/2022.

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 — A family from Bucha was stopped by Russian occupiers and deprived of all their personal belongings, their windshield left broken, Irpin, Ukraine - 10/03/2022

A man attempts to escape from his hometown by crossing the destroyed Irpin Bridge, Ukraine - 10/03/2022.

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.

Russians fire indiscriminately on civilians, press and humanitarian aid workers on several occasions, Irpin Bridge, Ukraine - 10/03/2022.

As of 24 March 2022, 80% of the city was recaptured from Russian occupants by Ukrainian Armed Forces.

A street with a mortar that dug its way in the cobble stones. — A Russian mortar in the city center, Irpin, Ukraine - 02/04/2022.

A woman that endured and survived the occupation and fights for the liberation is overwhelmed with emotion, Irpin, Ukraine - 02/04/2022.

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. — 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.

A day before Summer Solstice, Irpin, Ukraine - 20/06/2022.

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.