Ukraine announced on Monday evening that Irpin, the scene of fierce fighting on the outskirts of kyiv, has been “liberated” from Russian forces. Information confirmed by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“The occupiers are pushed back from Irpin, pushed back from kyiv. However, it is too early to talk about security in this part of our region. The fighting continues. Russian troops control the northern Kyiv region, have resources and manpower,” President Zelensky said in a video statement late Monday.
In the regions of Chernigiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Donbass, and in the south of Ukraine “the situation remains tense everywhere, very difficult”, he underlined, adding that the “Russian troops did not allow” the organization of any “humanitarian corridor” on Monday. Other fighting was also taking place in several localities around the capital.