The Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine, Vadym Gutzait, visited the city to see the extent of the destruction and the prospects for the reconstruction of sports facilities in Irpin. He visited the youth sports school of Irpin and the “Champion” stadium, destroyed by enemy missiles. For more information on Vadym Gutzeit’s impressions and possibilities for the restoration of the sports infrastructurein Irpin, see the ITV story.
A meeting with volunteers was held in Irpin. They helped the community survive during the hostilities and also support the town financially and continue to work to restore Irpin. Hundreds of selfless fighters received the thanks of Mayor Oleksandr Markushyn and co-founder of the Irpin Reconstruction Fund Volodymyr Karpliuk.
“We’re in Irpin today to find out the truth. To understand how we can still best help,” said the Defence Minister Kaisa Ollongren during her visit to Irpin. In the ITV story, you can find out what impression the town made on the ministers and what kind of help can be expected from the Netherlands.
Today 18 representatives of the Association of European Cities “Eurocities” visited Irpin. The delegations showed the consequences of war crimes on 11-th line Street. Find out about the visit of the delegation to Irpin more in the direct speech of the mayor Oleksandr Markushyn.
Finding partners, attracting funding, revitalising the town – these are the main tasks of the public organisation “Irpin`s Restoration Fund”. It was presented today near the completely destroyed central building of culture. How it was – see in the ITV story.
For the first time, representatives of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico came to Irpin. They visited the famous Romanivskyi Bridge and the wounded street 11-th Avenue . The deputies were stunned by what they saw. TThey promised to tell the truth as it is and look for opportunities to help Ukrainians at home.
“The heroic city of Irpin impresses with its stability and indomitability. I must admit that most of the UNDP team members are Ukrainians. We’ll continue to work with you in the most important areas of Irpin’s development. Your brave people made efforts to save the town and we’ll make efforts to rebuild it,” told Manal Fouani (UNDP Acting Resident Representative in Ukraine) to journalists during her visit to Irpin.
Austrian architect Gerhard Hauser visited the city as part of the project to rebuild Irpin. Gerhard is famous for ecological approach to construction. In most of his projects predominate natural materials.And he is also known for the competent use of secondary raw materials. On which objects the urban planning specialist will work in Irpen – see in the ITV story.
Did those who had to flee from the bombings have time to collect their belongings? How many residents have already returned to the city? And how did the people who stayed all the time in the military Irpin survive? These and many other questions were of interest to the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, during his visit to Irpin as part of his official visit to Ukraine. The head of the government of the Netherlands came to the city to see with his own eyes the consequences of the “management” of the russian invaders and to tell his people about it.
The Prime Minister of Ireland, Michael Martin, visited Irpin. He was impressed by the scale of destruction and surprised that the city has already resumed the work of all public utilities.