Nearly two-thirds of kyiv's 3.5 million residents have returned to the Ukrainian capital, which had emptied the majority of its residents at the start of the war in Ukraine on February 24, Mayor Vitali said on Tuesday. Klitschko.
"Before the war there were 3.5 million inhabitants in kyiv, nearly two-thirds have already returned," Klitschko told Ukrainian television.
Even if there is still a curfew, roadblocks… “if these limitations do not scare you, you can indeed come back”, added the city councilor, who until now called on the inhabitants to be patient.
Mr Klitschko stressed that he could not ban Kyiv residents from returning to the capital, but he nevertheless urged caution.
"If you have the opportunity to be in more protected places, where there is no risk to your life and health, please stay," he asked.
5.4 million refugees outside Ukraine
On March 10, two weeks after the start of the Russian invasion, the mayor of kyiv had indicated that half of the population of the agglomeration had fled and that there remained "a little less than two million inhabitants ".
Since then, Russia has gradually disengaged from kyiv to focus on eastern Ukraine, where the majority of Ukrainian separatist militias are located, who want the country to join Russia.
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), more than 5.4 million people have fled their country Ukraine.
Among them, 90% of women and children, men aged 18 to 60, likely to be mobilized, not having the right to leave.
More than 7.7 million Ukrainians have been internally displaced, according to an estimate by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
2.7 million people chose to return to their homes, after the intensity of the bombings decreased.
How many inhabitants of kyiv could not flee and perished?
There is no overall assessment of the civilian victims of the conflict.
In Mariupol alone, the Ukrainian authorities spoke several weeks ago of 20,000 deaths.
And Ukrainian investigators claim to have identified "more than 8,000 cases" of alleged war crimes.