70% of Irpin city is under Ukrainian control, fighting for the other 30% continues

This is stated in a recent video message from Irpin Mayor Oleksandr Markushyn, reports Espresso.TV. "Soldiers are defending our Irpin. To date, Irpin is not captured. 
70% is under Ukrainian control. We are fighting for 30%, "Markushin said.

At the same time, the mayor of Irpin asked not to believe the fakes about his alleged disappearance, injury, or the “captured” Irpin.

As can be seen in the published footage, the recording was made near the railway station, at the intersection of Tsentralna and Taras Shevchenko streets.

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According to Markushin, he also stays in the city every night.

Currently, in addition to hostilities, the Irpin mayor added, local authorities are constantly busy evacuating the population, distributing humanitarian aid, and catching looters (more than 30 detainees already).

Extra information

The city of Irpin, Bucha district, Kyiv region, is a western suburb of Kyiv, stretching from Zhytomyr to the Warsaw highway.

It is separated from the capital by the floodplain of the river Irpin and the forest near the village Kotsyubynske.

According to the latest reports on social media from the surviving Irpinians, the Russian invaders are currently keeping the outskirts of the city in the far west and northwest. These are the neighborhoods "Synergy", "BTR", "Krynychka", "Mashtorf".