'Our Irpin has been released from Moscow filth!!! Glory to Ukraine!' Irpin Mayor Oleksandr Markushyn captioned a Facebook video.
"Our Irpin has been released from Moscow filth!!! Glory to Ukraine! Glory to her defenders! Eternal memory to the fallen heroes!" Irpin Mayor Oleksandr Markushyn wrote in a translated caption for the video.of the purported reclaiming of the city, though the claim has not been independently verified.has reached out to Ukraine's Foreign Ministry for confirmation and comment but did not hear back by publication time.
Ukrainian forces have reportedly retaken Irpin, a suburban city near the nation's capital of Kyiv, the city's mayor said in a Facebook video on Monday. Above, a Ukrainian serviceman stands guard on a street in front of a damaged church in Irpin on March 13.
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