Klymenko addressed whether Kyiv residents should leave the city due to threats from Russia
Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko commented on whether Kyiv residents should leave the city amid rumors of new large-scale attacks by Russia and a possible threat of an offensive from the north.
This was reported by “Novyny.LIVE.”
According to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, after everything they have been through, Kyiv residents are unlikely to start leaving en masse.
“If Kyiv residents didn’t leave a few months ago, then they probably won’t leave now either,” Klymenko said during the IV International Summit of Cities and Regions “Partnership. Resilience. Readiness.”
In Kyiv’s Shevchenkivskyi district, a business center was hit following a massive nighttime attack by Russia. It is preliminarily known that people may be trapped inside the shelter.
As a result of Russia’s massive missile and drone attack on Kyiv, a shock wave damaged the ground-level lobby of the Lukyanivska metro station.
On the night of May 24, Russian troops carried out a massive combined attack on Kyiv, using ballistic missiles and strike drones. All districts of the capital came under fire.
On the night of May 24, Russian forces carried out a massive attack on the Kyiv region, using strike drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles. The shelling resulted in casualties and damage across all districts of the region.