Kyiv Mayor: City Now 'Fully Surrounded, Under Siege' Making Evacuation Impossible
The mayor of Kyiv, former heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko, claimed that Russian forces have “fully surrounded” the Ukrainian capital city, making evacuation impossible.
When asked by reporters on Sunday about evacuation efforts, Klitschko responded: “We can’t do that, because all ways are blocked,” according to The Associated Press. “Right now we are encircled.”
With Russian forces encircling the capital city of about 3 million, Klitschko said that “we are at the border of a humanitarian catastrophe” and that, “Right now, we have electricity, right now we have water and heating in our houses, but the infrastructure is destroyed to deliver the food and medication.”
When asked by reporters on Sunday about evacuation efforts, Klitschko responded: “We can’t do that, because all ways are blocked,” according to The Associated Press. “Right now we are encircled.”
With Russian forces encircling the capital city of about 3 million, Klitschko said that “we are at the border of a humanitarian catastrophe” and that, “Right now, we have electricity, right now we have water and heating in our houses, but the infrastructure is destroyed to deliver the food and medication.”