Kyiv’s mayor Vitali Klitschko (L) and his brother, Ukrainian former professional boxer Wladimir Klitschko (C), walk in front of a destroyed apartment building in Kyiv on March 14, 2022, as various neighbourhoods of the Ukraine capital Kyiv came under shelling and missile attacks, city officials said, on the 19th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Aris Messinis / AFP

 

Ukraine’s capital Kyiv will impose a 36-hour curfew from Tuesday night amid a “difficult and dangerous moment” after several Russian strikes, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

“Today is a difficult and dangerous moment,” former boxing champion Klitschko said in a statement, adding that the curfew will last from 8 pm (1800 GMT) on Tuesday until 7 pm (1700 GMT) on Thursday.

More to follow . . .

By john