Enemy's attempt to capture Irpin failed, attack repulsed - General Staff

Russian troops tried to build a pontoon crossing over the Irpin River near the village of Demydiv.

The enemy's equipment was destroyed, and the attempt to capture the city of Irpin was repulsed, Ukrinform reports, with reference to the data of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

"In Polissia, in the direction of Kyiv, the enemy is trying to resume the offensive by building a pontoon crossing over the Irpin River near Demydiv. Another attempt by the invaders to capture the city of Irpin was unsuccessful. The Ukrainian defense forces have destroyed the enemy's new enemy," the General Staff said.

Ukrinform reported earlier that on February 27 in Irpin, Kyiv region, an attack by Russian troops was repulsed.

On February 25, a bridge over the Irpin River was blown up in the village of Demydiv, Kyiv region.