chaotic evacuation of civilians from Irpen

Published on 08/03/2022 20:52

War in Ukraine: chaotic evacuation of civilians from Irpin

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M. De Chalvron, K. Kenk, F. Le Moal, A. Demchuk – France 2

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On Tuesday, March 8, the fifth day of the siege of Irpin (Ukraine) began. Civilians continue to flee, risking their lives. Report.

A few hundred meters from Irpen (Ukraine) there are already columns of civilians forced to leave their city. As you get closer to the city center, the situation becomes more chaotic. Women and children try to run away because they have nothing to eat. Elderly people are evacuated on stretchers.

At the level of the destroyed bridge marking the entrance to the city, the crowd is even more impressive on the fifth day of the siege of Irpin by the Russian army. Explosions are heard. In the city center, when volunteers move to help civilians who are still trapped, they must carefully avoid Russian-occupied areas. About fifty residents still live in the building. In complete panic, they live cut off from the world and do not even know that volunteers are evacuating civilians.

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