“About 600,000 Kyiv residents leave the city overnight,” Klitschko says

About 600,000 Kyiv residents leave the city every night and return in the morning.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said this while speaking with city residents.

Klitschko linked the nightly departures to the situation in the energy sector.

According to the mayor, around 3.5 million people currently live in Kyiv.

Earlier, Klitschko said that the same 600,000 people left the capital in January after the blackout began. He said the city is heading toward a humanitarian catastrophe.

The Kyiv mayor has also urged residents to spend the night in warming centers or leave the city. He suggested that employers introduce flexible schedules and, where possible, switch employees to remote work.