Irpin: Milwaukee’s Sister City

Special Coverage

Milwaukee and Irpin, Ukraine signed a formal Sister City agreement to foster friendship and collaboration between the two municipalities on March 15, 2018. The ceremony followed the December 19, 2017 Common Council resolution that established the Sister City relationship.

These features focus on the impact of the Russian invasion on Irpin, curated from the extensive coverage published by Milwaukee Independent on the unprovoked war that began on February 24, 2022.

MILWAUKEE FORMALIZES SISTER CITY STATUS WITH UKRAINE’S IRPIN

DRONE IMAGES FROM IRPIN SHOW DEVASTATING SCOPE OF WAR CRIMES BY RUSSIAN FORCES TARGETING CIVILIAN HOMES

ENEMY AT THE DOOR: IRPIN COUPLE HIDES FOR DAYS FROM RUSSIAN ARMORED COLUMN JUST OUTSIDE THEIR APARTMENT

IRPIN LIBERATED: UKRAINIAN FORCES DRIVE RUSSIANS OUT OF MILWAUKEE’S BESIEGED SISTER CITY AND RETAKE CONTROL

FIVE DAYS OF VIOLENCE: LOCAL IRPIN REPORTER DETAILS RUSSIA’S DEVASTATING ATTACK ON MILWAUKEE’S SISTER CITY

PHOTOS FROM THE FRONTLINES: SERGI MYKHALCHUK DOCUMENTS IMAGES OF WAR AS CIVILIANS EVACUATE IRPIN

ZORESLAV ZAMOISKY: BODY OF UKRAINIAN JOURNALIST FROM IRPIN IDENTIFIED AT RUSSIAN MASSACRE SITE IN BUCHA

SAVING LIVES IN IRPIN: THREE VOLUNTEERS SHARE THEIR STORIES OF RESCUING PEOPLE AND PETS WHILE UNDER ATTACK

EARLY DAYS OF WAR IN IRPIN: A LOOK BACK AT WHEN FAMILIES FLED THE KYIV AREA AHEAD OF THE RUSSIAN INVASION

AN ADVOCATE FOR IRPIN: HOW BORIS NAYFLISH SEARCHED FOR HIS UKRAINIAN ROOTS AND FOUND A SISTER CITY

HOW MILWAUKEE’S SISTER CITY WAS LIBERATED: A CHRONICLE OF THE HEROIC COUNTERATTACK IN IRPIN THAT SAVED KYIV

LAST DAYS IN IRPIN: VULNERABLE RESIDENTS GIVEN HELP TO REACH SAFETY AFTER A MONTH OF MISERY

IRPIN BILLBOARD: UKRAINIAN CREATIVES USE MILWAUKEE ADVERTISING SPACE TO INSPIRE GLOBAL INFO CAMPAIGN

IRPIN DIARY: PERSONAL STORIES OF WAR FROM THE VOLUNTEERS SAVING LIVES IN MILWAUKEE’S SISTER CITY

IRPIN UNDER SIEGE: ALDERMAN RAINEY ASKS PUBLIC TO HELP MILWAUKEE’S SISTER CITY AS IT FACES HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

THE RAPE OF IRPIN: SURVIVORS OF THE RUSSIAN SIEGE SHARE DISTURBING ACCOUNTS OF ESCAPING THE INHUMAN CRUELTY

SIEGE OF IRPIN: IMAGES SHOW CONDITIONS IN MILWAUKEE’S SISTER CITY AS CIVILIANS FLEE RUSSIAN BOMBARDMENT

ACTING MAYOR CAVALIER JOHNSON SPEAKS WITH MAYOR OF IRPIN AS MILWAUKEE’S SISTER CITY FACES BRUTAL ATTACK

MILWAUKEE STANDS IN SOLIDARITY AT CANDLELIGHT VIGIL TO HONOR CHILDREN KILLED IN UKRAINE BY RUSSIAN INVASION

WE ARE ALL UKRAINIANS NOW: MILWAUKEE RESIDENTS CONDEMN PUTIN AT PEACE RALLY AGAINST WAR IN UKRAINE

SCENES FROM THE FRONTLINES: SERGI MYKHALCHUK DETAILS THE WRECKAGE OF IRPIN IN THE WAKE OF ITS LIBERATION

Milwaukee has a small but thriving Ukrainian American community, and Irpin is a sister city. Follow our special coverage at mkeind.com/ukraine for updates on Putin’s invasion, and about how the fight by Ukrainian people to preserve their democracy is having an impact on the families and businesses here in Milwaukee. 🇺🇦 Слава Україні! Героям слава!

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