(ANSA) - ROMA, 09 AGO - epa10112714 Damage from shelling in a
residential area in the city of Irpin, near Kyiv, Ukraine, 09
August 2022 amid Russia's military invasion of the country.
Irpin as well as other towns and villages in the northern part
of the Kyiv region became battlefields and were heavily shelled
when Russian troops tried to reach the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in
February and March 2022. Russian troops on 24 February entered
Ukrainian territory, starting a conflict that has provoked
destruction and a humanitarian crisis. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO
SERGEY DOLZHENKO/ (ANSA).