Ukrainians flee Irpin as president slams Russian shelling

The Ukrainian president has vowed to punish 'every bastard' who committed atrocities during the invasion of Ukraine amid outrage at Russia’s shelling of civilians as they tried to flee Irpin, a town on the outskirts of Kyiv, after several people were killed.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began on the 24 February, has triggered the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since the second world war, according to the head of the UN’s refugee agency.