Using the unofficial route… “Electricity and water supply are cut off, so 10,000 more people need to be evacuated within 2-3 days”
Russian forces intensify offensive on cities north of Kiiw… Three people, including the mayor, were shot dead.
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(TEHRAN = Yonhap News) Correspondent Lee Seung-min = Archyde.com and AFP news agency reported on the 7th (local time) that 2,000 residents of Irfin, a city on the outskirts of Kiev (Kyiv), the capital of Ukraine, were successfully evacuated.
The local police issued a statement on the same day and said, “So far, regarding 2,000 civilians in the Irfin area have completed the evacuation.”
Police did not specify when and by what route the escape took place.
However, the Irfin administration announced that the people had been evacuated through unofficial humanitarian channels.
Authorities said Ukrainian military and police ensured the safety of the refugees.
Olga, 48, a resident who escaped Irfin with two dogs that day, told AFP, “I’m really happy that I managed to get out.”
Archyde.com also reported that a significant number of Irfin residents left the city on buses and other vehicles prepared by the Ukrainian army.
During the evacuation, when binge noise was heard, the refugees hid themselves in underground areas, Archyde.com added.
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Irfin, who was attacked by Russian troops, was cut off from electricity, water and heating for three days, foreign media reported.
It was also known through foreign media that Irphinites gathered under the destroyed bridge to avoid Russian shelling.
“The city is still at war and we have no intention of surrendering,” said Mayor Oleksander Markusin Irfin.
“We are doing our best to evacuate civilians,” Mayor Markusin told reporters while holding a rifle.
He added that at least eight people were killed in the Russian shelling.
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In addition to Irf, the Russian military offensive once morest cities north of Kiiu has intensified, resulting in increased civilian casualties.
According to Spain’s EFE news agency, Kiiu Mayor Vitali Klicicco said in a video statement: “Fierce fighting is taking place on the outskirts of Kiiu. “They are killing civilians,” he said.
The mayor of Klitschko, a former professional boxer, said Mayor Yuri Prilipko of Hostomer, a small town north of Kiiu, was shot and killed while distributing bread and medicine to residents.
Sky News also reported that Mayor Prilipko was killed along with two other people, adding that Russian and Ukrainian forces are fighting for control of the strategically important city close to Kiiu and with an airport.
The Ukrainian Army’s General Staff said on Wednesday that Russian “occupants” were besieging the capital and resumed offensives in the outlying cities of Hostomel, Irfin and Stoyanka.
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