About 20,000 people have listened to calls from the city authorities to leave Boryspil, Ukrainian Mayor Volodymyr Borysenko said on national television, according to Reuters. Near the city is an international airport, which is only 30 kilometers from Kiev.
The mayor also urged other residents to leave the city so as not to hinder the Ukrainian army’s efforts to repel Russian troops in the area.
As practice shows in the cities where hostilities are taking place now, the fewer people in the city, the more difficult it will be for the armed forces to work, “Borysenko was quoted as saying by the Ukrinform news agency.