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Residents should delay return to Ukraine’s capital – mayor – Metro US

Residents should delay return to Ukraine’s capital – mayor

FILE PHOTO: A Ukrainian service member patrols an area in
FILE PHOTO: A Ukrainian service member patrols an area in a village near a frontline in Kyiv Region

(Reuters) – Kyiv residents who evacuated to safer regions should wait several more days before returning to Ukraine’s capital, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said on Monday.

“Firstly, there is currently a round-the-clock curfew in Kyiv region. Secondly, in certain … towns near Kyiv, its likely that Russian occupiers left landmines, and there are (likely) a lot of unexploded munitions,” Klitschko said.

(Reporting by Max Hunder, Editing by Timothy Heritage)