Kyiv mayor announces new curfew from late today


Ukrainian firefighters put out a fire on a high-rise apartment block hit by shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 26, 2022. Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko announced a new curfew for the Ukrainian capital later today that would last until Wednesday morning. – EPA pic, March 21, 2022.

KYIV mayor Vitali Klitschko announced a new curfew for the Ukrainian capital later today that would last until Wednesday morning. 

The curfew “will begin at 8pm and last until 7am on March 23,” former boxing champion Klitschko wrote on Telegram.

“Stores, pharmacies, gas stations” and other establishments will not be open and only vehicles with special permission will be able to move about the city, he wrote.

The Ukrainian capital has had a series of curfews since the start of the war nearly four weeks ago, with the latest one lasting 35 hours last week.

Russian forces have penetrated Kyiv’s suburbs on several sides, but have not entered the capital, where streets have been heavily fortified against the expected assault. – AFP, March 21, 2022.


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