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Football icon Shevchenko feels pain and pride in Ukraine's resilience

Paris (AFP) - Ukrainian football legend Andriy Shevchenko has admitted in an interview with AFP he cried when he "saw children running through a field strewn with missile craters" in Irpin, a commuter town outside Kyiv which was liberated from Russian control.

AFP

Ukrainians Return Home by the Millions Even as War Rages On

Family, penury, and guilt are motivating refugees to come back.

Businessweek

‘Just as terrible’: Zelensky says scenes in liberated Kharkiv similar to Bucha and Irpin

Russia has been accused of carrying out a massacre in Bucha

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Ukraine's Zelenskiy: 'just as terrible' in Kharkiv region as in Irpin and Bucha

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday the situation in the liberated Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine was "just as terrible" as in the towns of Irpin and Bucha, where mass graves were found after Russian troops left.

Reuters

Ukraine's schools race to build bomb shelters before term starts

Svitlana tears up thinking of the bombing that leveled her son Illia's school in Lysychansk, a city in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk now occupied by Russian forces, but she is determined to ensure the eighth-grader continues his studies.

Reuters

'We will overcome this': Ukrainian families reunited after Russian retreat

The areas around Kyiv ravaged by the Russian invasion early in the war are now relatively safe, allowing people to return and see their loved ones in person. FRANCE 24 travelled to Irpin and met Marina, a Ukrainian woman who has lived in London for two decades but wouldn’t miss…

France 24

Artists paint flowers over Ukraine war wreckage, unsettling some locals

Artists have painted brilliant sunflowers over heaps of burnt-out cars destroyed in Russia's invasion of Ukraine - upsetting some locals who wonder if it is too soon to beautify the wreckage of war.

Reuters

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Miami plans to donate guns to Ukraine. They are not going to the military

MIAMI — The city of Miami is sending more than 150 used guns to Ukrainian police — not to soldiers fighting on the front lines of the Russian invasion.

Miami Herald

Ukrainian kids play soccer again in bombed-out stadium

Ukrainian children have started playing soccer again in a bombed-out stadium outside Kyiv, a much-needed distraction after more than four months of war.

Reuters

Taoiseach Micheal Martin views devastation inflicted by Russian forces on visit to Kyiv, Ukraine

The Fianna Fail leader began a trip to the Ukrainian capital by viewing the conflict-scarred suburbs of Borodyanka, Bucha and Irpin

Irish Mirror

Taoiseach views devastation inflicted by Russian forces on visit to Kyiv

Micheal Martin toured the war-torn suburbs of Borodyanka, Bucha and Irpin.

The Independent UK

Australian PM visits sites of Russian atrocities in Ukraine

Anthony Albanese pledges more military aid on visit to Bucha, Hostomel and Irpin

The Guardian - UK

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Ukraine, visits war-affected towns of Bucha and Irpin

Anthony Albanese, who was invited to Ukraine by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, surveys "devastating" destruction in Irpin, describing what he sees as "a war crime".

ABC News

Ukraine's Anhelina Kalinina will use Wimbledon prize money to rebuild parents' home

Anhelina Kalinina said her parents are now staying at her apartment while the rebuilding work takes place at their home in Irpin, which was retaken from Russian troops in late March

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Evening Standard

Hollywood’s Ben Stiller meets ‘hero’ Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine

Stiller walked among bombed out buildings in the city of Irpin where Russian forces have bombed residential buildings

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Railcars used as shelters in Ukraine

IRPIN, Ukraine -- Some Ukrainian Railways' carriages were repurposed earlier this month as shelters for displaced people in Irpin, a Kyiv suburb.

Zenger

Medvedev Mocks French, German, Italian Leaders In Kyiv As Fans Of Frogs, Liverwurst And Spaghetti

Former Russian president and staunch Vladimir Putin ally Dmitry Medvedev derided French, German and Italian leaders who visited the Ukrainian capital Kyiv as “fans of frogs, liverwurst, and spaghetti”.

Evening Standard

European leaders support fast-tracking Ukraine’s bid to join EU

European leaders have said they support Ukraine’s bid to join the European Union during a visit to Kyiv on Thursday.

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Reuters

Kyiv parish ravaged by occupation makes painful split from Moscow

For years a vocal minority at Saint Nicholas' parish in the middle-class Kyiv commuter town of Irpin resisted calls to split from their spiritual fathers in Moscow.

Los Angeles Times

An artist confronts the anguish, and hope, of Ukraine

IRPIN, Ukraine — As Russian forces were advancing on Kyiv in late February, the Ukrainian military tried to stall them by blowing up a highway bridge just north of the capital.

AFP

Party or not? Couples in Ukraine face wedding quandary

Irpin (Ukraine) (AFP) - As wedding season gets under way in Ukraine despite months of war, couples are faced with a difficult choice -- celebrate their unions in style or stay discreet so as not to upset anyone.

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine destruction: how the Guardian documented Russia’s use of illegal weapons

Cluster bombs, fléchettes and unguided missiles on residential areas: as prosecutors investigate alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine, our reporters reveal the evidence they discovered on the ground

The Guardian - UK

‘We had too much to do to be scared’: the couple who fled Irpin with 19 dogs

Anastasiya Tikha and her husband, Arthur Lee, fought through bombs and gunfire to be able to run their animal shelter

France 24

Fighting for the future: Ukraine tackles rebuilding cities destroyed by war

The Kyiv suburb of Irpin was largely destroyed by fierce urban fighting in the first few weeks of the war in Ukraine. Now that Russian troops have been forced out, local authorities have invited in Ukrainian architects to reimagine how the urban areas might be rebuilt. They have their work…

France 24

War in Ukraine: Irpin residents return to ruins after Russian withdrawal

The Ukrainian resistance in Irpin played a key role in holding off the Russian advance on the capital Kyiv during the first few weeks of the war. But the middle-class commuter town paid a heavy price. More than 300 civilians were killed and tens of thousands fled. Now, more than…

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