The areas around Kyiv ravaged by the Russian invasion early in the war are now relatively safe, allowing people to return and see their loved ones in person. FRANCE 24 travelled to Irpin and met Marina, a Ukrainian woman who has lived in London for two decades but wouldn’t miss her mother’s birthday for the world.
The destroyed Irpin bridge – which part of Marina’s family used to cross the river as they fled the Russians on March 7 – has become a symbol of Moscow’s invasion and Ukraine’s resistance. Marina was keen to show it to her two sons before she went back to the UK.
