ພາບການຕໍ່ສູ້ຢ່າງດຸເດືອດ ລະຫວ່າງ ກອງກຳລັງທະຫານຂອງຣັດເຊຍ ແລະຢູເຄຣນ ຢູ່ໃກ້ກັບເມືອງ ເອີຣປິນ

Civilians hide in a bunker close to the last position of the Ukrainian army. Most of them don't want to leave their homes, even though the Russian troops are just few hundred meters from here. Irpin, Ukraine, March 12, 2022. (Yan Boechat/VOA)

The bodies of two dead Russian soldiers lays in the no man's land between the towns of Irpin and Bucha, where Russian and Ukrainian troops had been fighting for more than a week. Irpin, Ukraine, March 12, 2022. (Yan Boechat/VOA)

A family and their dogs reach the crossing point between Irpin and Kyiv and leave the battles behind them. Irpin, Ukraine, March 12, 2022. (Yan Boechat/VOA)

An elderly man is taken by two soldiers to the hospital after living for days in a shelter with limited food and water. Irpin, Ukraine, March 12, 2022. (Yan Boechat/VOA)

An elderly woman finally leaves Irpin after days hiding in a shelter to survive the shelling. Irpin, Ukraine, March 12, 2022. (Yan Boechat/VOA)

Civilians cross the Irpin River that divides the little town of Irpin from Kyiv. Irpin, Ukraine, March 12, 2022. (Yan Boechat/VOA)

An elderly woman is carried away from the battle area and taken to a hospital in Kyiv. Irpin, Ukraine, March 12, 2022. (Yan Boechat/VOA)

A man helps his grandfather after fleeing the town of Irpin, where Russian and Ukrainian troops had been fighting for days. Irpin, Ukraine, March 12, 2022. (Yan Boechat/VOA)

Three men are arrested by the Ukrainian army after being accused of looting houses in Irpin, Ukraine, March 12, 2022. (Yan Boechat/VOA)

Soldiers leave the town of Irpin after a day of fighting against Russian troops. Among these men in the picture there are Americans and British veterans that joined the Ukrainian forces in recent days. Irpin, Ukraine, March 12, 2022. (Yan Boechat/VOA)