The ex-mayor of the city of Irpen near Kiev, Vladimir Karplyuk, spoke about the atrocities that the Russian invaders commit on the territory of Vorzel, Bucha, Gostomel, Zabuchya and Mikhailovka-Rubezhovka. In these settlements there is mainly no communication and no electricity and heating. In addition, food has run out, and in some places water has also run out..

“I, Volodymyr Karplyuk, mayor of Irpin in the Kiev region in 2014-2018. Today I appeal to the entire international community with the aim of ending the grave humanitarian crisis near the capital of Ukraine. Humanitarian catastrophe in Irpen and neighboring towns and villages. Vorzel, Bucha, Gostomel, Zabuchie and Mikhailovka-Rubezhovka are completely captured by Russian troops, who do not allow local residents to leave their homes. Sometimes human houses are fired upon by invaders from different types of weapons,” writes Karplyuk..

He noted that battles are being fought for Irpin, a bus evacuation of civilians across the bridge near Romanovka in the direction of Kyiv is being carried out.. The Russian enemy bombed the Irpin city clinic and a new medical center According to Karplyuk, the medical staff and some medical equipment were evacuated. At the same time, part of the medicines and previously imported humanitarian aid were seized by the invaders.. The enemy threatened to kill the mayor of Irpin and demanded to surrender Irpin. But Irpin does not give up.

Karplyuk said that in all the above-mentioned settlements there is no mobile communication, electricity, water supply. Due to fires in many neighborhoods had to turn off the gas supply.

“On March 7, the Institute of Fiberglass was blown up in Bucha. Evaporation of acetone and other chemicals in black smoke rose into the sky towards Irpin and Mikhailovka-Rubezhovka. Throughout Priirpeniya - corpses in the basements and on the streets, the occupiers do not allow even the Red Cross to take the bodies, they fire at humanitarian aid vehicles. In short. Irpin, Bucha, Gostomel, Vorzel, Mikhailovka-Rubezhovka, Zabuchie are already the epicenter of a humanitarian catastrophe,” the ex-mayor added.

Karplyuk said that a safe “green corridor” is urgently needed for exit to Irpin and subsequent evacuation through Kyiv for residents of Irpin, Bucha, Gostomel, Vorzel, Mikhailovka-Rubezhovka, Zabuchia. Otherwise, the losses will be not only from shelling. The invaders are not allowed to transport humanitarian aid to these settlements.!

“The invaders are forming a line for further attack on the capital along the Gostomel-Bucha-Irpen-Gorenichi border. The local population is starved and cold in the basements, holding them as hostages..

I call on the entire international community to make efforts to save the civilian population of Irpen from death,” Karplyuk concluded..

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