Civilians in Irpin, Ukraine, told VOA the humanitarian corridors agreed to by Ukraine and Russia allowed many people to escape the city Tuesday. About 3,000 people have fled the embattled city in recent days as food supplies dwindled. Those who left had to find a way to cross the Irpin River after Ukrainian forces destroyed bridges to slow the Russian advance.
In Photos: Ukrainian Civilians Flee Irpin
- By Yan Boechat
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Constant shelling left cars destroyed on the bombed bridge that used to link Kyiv to Irpin, in Ukraine, March 8, 2022. (Yan Boechat/VOA)
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Women, children and the elderly had to go through the Irpin River after the bridge that links Kyiv to this small town was bombed by Ukrainian forces as a strategy to slow down the Russian troops' advance, in Irpin, Ukraine, March 8, 2022. (Yan Boechat/VOA
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A man waits for an ambulance to arrive to evacuate his father to a safer location, in Ukraine, March 8, 2022. (Yan Boechat/VOA)
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Civilians and soldiers used an improvised hammock to extract an elderly woman, in Irpin, Ukraine, March 8, 2022. (Yan Boechat/VOA)