“There will be no quiet place on Earth for you,” Zelenskyy said of the troops who killed Tatiana Prebeinis and her two children. “Except for the grave.”
Ukrainians cross an improvised path under a destroyed bridge while fleeing Irpin, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Demands for ways to safely evacuate civilians have surged along with intensifying shelling by Russian forces, who have made significant advances in southern Ukraine but stalled in some other regions. Efforts to put in place cease-fires along humanitarian corridors have repeatedly failed amid Russian shelling.
Perebeinis and her children were trying to flee Irpin, a suburb about 20 miles northwest of Kyiv that lost electricity, heat and water sources, the company said.showed Perebeinis and her children’s bodies on a street in Irpin after they were killed, their suitcases beside them. About eight civilians were killed by Russian shelling in the town of Irpin, according to Mayor Oleksander Markyshin.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the killings, saying in an address that he will punish the forces who killed the family. “There will be no quiet place on Earth for you,” Zelenskyy said. “Except for the grave.”reports that Perebeinis’ husband, Sergey, is in the city of Donetsk, but is attempting to travel back to Kyiv to bury his family. The Post also reports that the family was in Irpin to take care of Perebeinis’ ailing mother.
A Ukrainian soldier covers himself as the artillery echoes nearby, while people flee Irpin on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 7, 2022. Russia announced yet another cease-fire and a handful of humanitarian corridors to allow civilians to flee Ukraine. Previous such measures have fallen apart and Moscow's armed forces continued to pummel some Ukrainian cities with rockets Monday.