Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko advises residents with friends or family outside the city to consider leaving temporarily amid escalating Russian attacks

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko told AFP that residents with family or friends outside the capital might consider temporarily leaving as Russian attacks intensify, while stopping short of calling for a full evacuation. He said doing so would hand Putin his preferred outcome of empty cities.

Attacks from September 22-28 killed 13 Kyiv residents and injured more than 160, and Russian forces have begun striking bridges across the Dnipro that had previously been untouched. The city is stockpiling fuel, food, and water and building backup heating for winter, though Klitschko acknowledged preparations may not hold if air defenses fail.

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