March 30, 2022 GMT https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-europe-093b555d5c851c052ce3d56d695fbf3d In a village on the outskirts of Kiev, residents pass by the ruins of their destroyed houses, looking for buried personal belongings. Serhiy Malyshenko, a veteran of the Soviet war in Afghanistan, holds his military medals, charred black by Russian bombing raids. Upset Ukrainian soldiers and other personnel evacuated from Irpin, a key suburb northwest of the capital where heavy fighting broke out as they arrived at a relief center in the village of Yasnohorodka. Full Coverage: Photo At a private village zoo, workers and soldiers try to evacuate the surviving animals, which fight ostriches and carry a crushed pony in a truck. They were forced to stop when bombing resumed between Russian and Ukrainian forces in the area. On Wednesday, Russian forces bombed areas around Kyiv just hours after pledging to restrict operations to boost trust between the two sides, Ukrainian authorities said.
