“New information from the military command: the curfew in Kyiv and the region will not be in effect tomorrow (Sunday),” the mayor of the capital, Vitali Klitschko, said on Telegram.
The now usual curfew, in effect from 8:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. HB) to 7:00 a.m. (6:00 a.m. HB), will be applied and “we will be able to move freely in kyiv on Sunday during the day,” he said, without giving any details. explanation for this reversal.
Saturday morning, he announced that a new curfew would be imposed “from 8 p.m. Saturday to 7 a.m. Monday March 28”.
During the curfew, Kyiv residents “can only go out to a shelter in the event of a warning siren. Public transport, shops, pharmacies and gas stations will be closed” and only people with passes can move around the city, he added.
Several curfews have already been imposed in the capital since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, the last for 35 hours from March 21 to 23. Ukrainian forces said they have since regained ground from Russian forces, particularly in the northwest surroundings of the capital.