Irpin

It was 5.30 a.m. on a cold winter’s morning at Antonov Airport, when Vitalii Rudenko, a commander of the Ukrainian airfield’s national guard base, awoke to a phone call.Get up, the duty officer called down the line, and be ready for…

A Ukrainian mother and her daughter, forced to flee because of the Russian invasion, are adjusting to a new way of life in Canada and the transition hasn’t been easy. Olga and Liubov Myrochuk left their home in the city of Irpin,…

In the aftermath of Bucha’s liberation, Nadia Pavlenko combed the city desperately for news of her missing ex-husband and his brother.She finally found them on Monday – in the ruined city’s morgue. The pair’s bodies had been found…

At the start of March, 48-year-old Victor went from being an oilfield paramedic in northern Alberta, to a combat medic on the streets of war-torn Ukraine. “When this war started, this was actually my duty, to come here and help,” he…

Ukrainian investigators have examined 269 dead bodies in Irpin, near Kyiv, since the town was taken back from Russian forces in late March, a police official said on Monday (Apr 18), as workers dug fresh graves on its outskirts. The town,…

Ukrainian troops are finding brutalized bodies and widespread destruction in suburbs of the capital as Russian soldiers withdraw and Moscow focuses its attacks elsewhere, including missile strikes Sunday that targeted fuel and…

Bellator, the MMA promotional company that Amosov is signed to, announced last month that the 28-year-old had withdrawn from his May 13 title fight against Michael Page as he is "actively defending his home country."In the video, Amosov…

After five hard weeks in which Kyiv become a city of checkpoints, empty streets and Russian attacks, there are signs the Ukrainian capital is coming back to life.Kyiv remains a fortified city of sandbags and tank barriers, barbed wire and…

Issued on: 24/03/2022 - 18:43 In Irpin, just outside the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, a multi-faceted resistance movement is preparing to face the approaching Russian troops. Our…

Issued on: 16/03/2022 - 11:58 Irpin is the strategic city providing northwestern access to Ukraine's capital Kyiv. After days of intense fighting, FRANCE 24 visited the last…