By CNN & COLlive
Kyiv’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko has announced a curfew in the Ukrainian capital from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. local time, according to a statement shared on his official Facebook page.
“Public transport will not work during curfew. At the same time, metro stations will be available as shelters 24/7,” Klitschko wrote.
“We ask all Kyivites to return home on time. If you need to move around the city during the curfew, in particular, as employees of critical infrastructure companies, you must have identification documents,” he added.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine early Thursday. The assault began hours before dawn with a series of missile attacks against locations near the capital Kyiv, as well as the use of long-range artillery against the city of Kharkiv, near the Russian border.
Ukrainian authorities say seven people have been killed and 17 wounded in a missile attack on a military area northeast of the capital of Kyiv. It quickly spread across central and eastern Ukraine as Russian forces attacked the country from three sides.
Chabad Shlucha Devorah Leah Levenhartz says they are staying put in the city and don’t plan on leaving at this point.
“We still hope this will end quickly and without harm,” she said in an interview. “We are trying to be an address to local Jews. The fact that we are here is helping people keep their sanity.”
Levenhartz added, “the scariest thing is the uncertainty. In Israel when there’s an attack, you hear a siren and you know where to go. Here you first hear the bomb and then a siren – and then quiet because you don’t know what’s happening. There are no bomb shelters, there are underground metro stations that can serve as shelters but they aren’t equipped for a long-term stay.”
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