🔺Kyiv ready to welcome back its citizens, says Vitali Klitschko
Kyiv is ready to welcome its citizens back after six months of war, the mayor Vitali Klitschko has told The Times.
The former world heavyweight boxing champion said that although the capital remained President Putin’s ultimate target, it was now far better defended than it had been when it managed to repulse a Russian assault in April.
“We have more forces ready around Kyiv, we have much better air defences, much better anti-rocket systems,” Klitschko said. “I can tell right now everyone who is ready to come back home, welcome.” Until now he has been advising residents not to return.
Klitschko stressed, however, that it was not possible to give an absolute guarantee of safety to anyone in Ukraine as long as the Russians were able to strike it with long-range missiles.
“Nobody right now in the territory of Ukraine, even the western part, has 100 per cent safety,” he said.
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Kyiv is ready to welcome its citizens back after six months of war, the mayor Vitali Klitschko has told The Times.
The former world heavyweight boxing champion said that although the capital remained President Putin’s ultimate target, it was now far better defended than it had been when it managed to repulse a Russian assault in April.
“We have more forces ready around Kyiv, we have much better air defences, much better anti-rocket systems,” Klitschko said. “I can tell right now everyone who is ready to come back home, welcome.” Until now he has been advising residents not to return.
Klitschko stressed, however, that it was not possible to give an absolute guarantee of safety to anyone in Ukraine as long as the Russians were able to strike it with long-range missiles.
“Nobody right now in the territory of Ukraine, even the western part, has 100 per cent safety,” he said.
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