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This Saturday could be a market day like the others on the main square of Irpin.
Dozens of customers rush to buy fruit, cheese and even clothes.
A young refugee from Kharkiv plays music on the sidewalk, to the delight of a few children who gather in front of her.
At the end of the street, the train brings passengers from kyiv, the capital and the neighboring municipality.
"
Irpin, the city of your dreams
", can we read on a colorful mural of the tunnel by which they leave.
A month after the liberation of this satellite city of kyiv, half of the 60,000 inhabitants have returned, despite the destruction still visible everywhere.
Next to the station, only a Valentine's Day advert recalls the pediment of a jewelry store now without walls, doors and windows.
In front, automatic watering irrigates the lawn where we can still guess the impacts of mortar fire.
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