All people found in the streets during the curfew period “will be considered as members of the enemy saboteur groups”.
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The three million inhabitants of Kiev are prohibited from leaving their homes until 8 a.m. on Monday, February 28. Decision of the mayor of the city, Saturday, while the Ukrainian capital is under missile fire from Moscow and that fights are taking place in the streets. The instruction of the municipality is clear: tAll people outside during this curfew period “will be considered as members of enemy saboteur groups”.
Russia, for its part, ordered on Saturday to expand the offensive in Ukraine. “Today, all units received the order to expand the offensive in all directions, in accordance with the offensive plan”the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
Imposed in Kiev on Thursday after the start of the Russian offensive, the curfew lasted so far from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. in the capital. Kiev had already announced a little earlier on Saturday a first tightening of the device from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. The mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko, had also announced that the capital’s metro had now been transformed into a refuge for residents and would no longer provide transport service for the time being.