War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Irpin

Oleh Mnozhynska, 82, stands in his house destroyed by an airstrike, in Irpin, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023.

A destroyed bridge in Irpin, in Kyiv Region, Ukraine, February 18, 2023.

Sunflowers, a beloved symbol of Ukraine, and a family of storks adorn the shattered walls of Irpin's Central House of Culture. With the Ukrainian government lacking the funds for widespread reconstruction, many residents are forced to restore their own homes and make use of any functioning public facilities.

Men connect a homemade light with a battery to illuminate the pitch ahead of a soccer game during a blackout in Irpin, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. For soccer lovers in Ukraine, Russia's invasion and the devastation it has wrought have created uncertainties about both playing the sport and watching it. For Ukrainians these days, soccer trails well behind mere survival in the order of priorities.

A man stands sheltering from the rain at a bus stop near destroyed building during attacks in Irpin, outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, June 2, 2022.

Damaged buildings ruined by attacks are seen in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022.

Residents take out their belongings from their house ruined by the Russian shelling in Irpin close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, May 21, 2022.

Flowers in the rubble: Ukrainian woman sees a sliver of hope. Anna Shevchenko, 35, reacts next to her home in Irpin, near Kyiv, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. The house, built by Shevchenko's grandparents, was nearly completely destroyed by bombing in late March during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In her beloved flowerbed, some roses, lilies, peonies and daffodils survived. "It is new life. So I tried to save my flowers," she said.

Bodies are being collected in the hope they can eventually be identified.

A Ukrainian police officer runs while holding a child as the artillery echoes nearby, while fleeing Irpin on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine.

Local women carry food found at a supermarket, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in the town of Irpin, in Kyiv region, Ukraine March 29, 2022.

Ukrainian servicemen carry rocket-propelled grenades and sniper rifles as they walk towards the city of Irpin, northwest of Kyiv, on March 13, 2022.

A woman reacts as she stands in front of a house burning after being shelled in the city of Irpin.

An elderly woman hides under a blanket after she being evacuated from Irpin on March 8.

A woman is carried by Ukrainian soldiers while fleeing the town of Irpin, Ukraine on March 6.

An elderly lady is assisted to cross the Irpin river on an improvised path under a bridge, that was destroyed by Ukrainian troops designed to slow any Russian military advance, while fleeing the area on March 5.

Trying to flee the besieged city of Irpin, Ukraine, a man crosses what is left of a bridge that was destroyed to stop the advancing Russian tanks.