‘Dangerous moment’: Klitschko announces 35-hour curfew as Kyiv braces itself

By Barnini Chakraborty

Published March 15, 2022 2:14pm ET

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‘Dangerous moment’: Klitschko announces 35-hour curfew as Kyiv braces itself — Firefighters climb a ladder while working to extinguish a blaze in a destroyed apartment building after a bombing in a residential area in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Russia’s offensive in Ukraine has edged closer to central Kyiv with a series of strikes hitting a residential neighborhood as the leaders of three European Union […]

Russia Ukraine War — Firefighters climb a ladder while working to extinguish a blaze in a destroyed apartment building after a bombing in a residential area in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Russia’s offensive in Ukraine has edged closer to central Kyiv with a series of strikes hitting a residential neighborhood as the leaders of three European Union member countries planned a visit to Ukraine’s embattled capital. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

A series of predawn blasts shook Ukraine’s capital city of Kyiv Tuesday morning, leading to a mandatory 35-hour curfew announced by the city’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, who warned the area was in the middle of a “difficult and dangerous moment.”

As residents sheltered in place or made a run for it to a bomb shelter, the leaders of the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovenia crossed the Ukraine border by train to express “unequivocal support for Ukraine” and offer financial help to the war-torn nation.

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