New Kyiv curfew from Saturday evening to Monday morning


A makeshift barricade erected in a street in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 24, 2022. Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko has announced that the military will reinforce curfew on the Ukrainian capital from 8pm Saturday till 7am on Monday. – EPA pic, March 26, 2022.

A FRESH curfew will be imposed on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv from Saturday evening until Monday morning, mayor Vitali Klitschko announced.

“The military command decided to reinforce the curfew. It will start from 8pm Saturday and last until 7am on Monday,” he said on Telegram.

He said residents could only “go out to seek shelter if sirens go off” and added that “public transport, shops, pharmacies and petrol pumps will be closed.”

Curfew has been imposed several times in Kyiv since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24.

The previous curfew lasted 35 hours between March 21 and 23. – AFP, March 26, 2022.


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