“The dead were crushed by tanks”: up to 300 civilians killed in Irpin – Mayor of Irpin

Roman Petrenko – Wednesday, 30 March 2022, 16:19

Oleksandr Markushyn, the Mayor of Irpin, has reported that up to 300 civilians and 50 military personnel have been killed in Irpin, according to preliminary information.

Source: Oleksandr Markushyn during a press briefing a the Ukrainian Media Centre

According to Markushyn: "They [the Russian troops] simply shot the people that they didn’t like.

I will say this – maybe some people won’t like this, but it is true. They crushed the bodies of Ukrainians who had been killed, just flattened them into the asphalt. It was frightening to watch…

Unfortunately, 16 guys from our territorial defence died, 29 have been hospitalised. As for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, up to 50 people were killed and nearly 100 wounded."

Details: Markushyn said that it is still impossible to determine the exact number of civilians who have been killed and added that during the periods of heavy fighting, people were being buried in courtyards and parks. Markushyn believes that up to 300 civilians were killed.

The Mayor also said that the local residents who were hiding in basements [during the Russian occupation of Irpin] told him that not only were some of them stripped naked there, but also that there have been instances of [sexual] assault on women.

Markushyn also said that the occupying troops separated the men from the women for prisoner exchange.