Street battles hit a Kyiv suburb, some of the closest fighting to the capital yet

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IRPIN, UKRAINE - In Irpin, just outside the capital city of Kyiv, Ukrainian and Russian soldiers were fighting a street-by-street battle on Saturday , turning what was a leafy suburb just two weeks a

go into a suburban battleground.

Ukrainian forces blew up the crossing over the Irpin River more than a week ago to prevent Russian tanks from rolling in. Just days ago, along this same escape route, a mother, her children and a church volunteer who was helping them were killed during intense shelling. Real estate was cheaper than in the city centre, he said, and the town had grown over the past two decades as newcomers were attracted to its location. Many people had commuted by car to work in the city centre until the peace was shattered.

The town is along one of two main routes into the capital now blocked by Russian forces. The other approach for Moscow's troops is outside another suburb, Brovary, to the east, the site of a Ukrainian ambush of a Russian tank column on Wednesday . A Ukrainian soldier stands guard in Irpin, a town northwest of Kyiv, on March 12, 2022. PHOTO: NYTIMES

Beneath what was left of the bridge, green water roiled over concrete blocks. Wooden planks have been laid over the debris for fleeing people to cross one or two at a time. On the other side, abandoned bags of clothes, castoff suitcases and other items littered the trail.

 

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