Kharkiv imposes two-day curfew as fears grow over Russian strikes

Record ID: 1686224

  • Title: Kharkiv imposes two-day curfew as fears grow over Russian strikes
  • Date: 23rd August 2022
  • Summary: KHARKIV, UKRAINE (AUGUST 23, 2022) (REUTERS) CITY OF KHARKIV UKRAINIAN FLAG WAIVING CARS DRIVING DOWN STREET KHARKIV, UKRAINE (AUGUST 22, 2022) (REUTERS) DAMAGED KHARKIV REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING VARIOUS OF DAMAGED PALACE OF LABOUR (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) HEAD OF KHARKIV REGIONAL MILITARY ADMINISTRATION, OLEH SYNEHUBOV, SAYING: “The curfew will start on August 23rd at 19:00 and end at 7 a.m. on August 25th. This is based on the information we have received from our Special Forces and the military about potential provocations. So, our government has made a decision to ban any mass events or celebrations.” VARIOUS OF EMPTY STREETS KHARKIV, UKRAINE (AUGUST 23, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF DAMAGED BUILDINGS WITH BROKEN WINDOWS PEDESTRIAN WALKING BY DAMAGED BUILDING (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) LOCAL RESIDENT, TETIANA ZHAVORONKOVA, SAYING: “I think this is a right and very important decision. Kharkiv is under a lot of danger, and warning about missile attacks is the right thing to do.” DAMAGED BUILDING (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) LOCAL RESIDENT, SERHII KORNIIENKO, ON WHY THE CURFEW IS A GOOD DECISION, SAYING: “Because we have been shelled every day since the beginning of war. The fewer people are on the streets, the more people will survive.” DAMAGED BUILDING WITH BROKEN WINDOWS (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) LOCAL RESIDENT, YURII BILOBORODOV, SAYING: “We understand that this is a forced measure to protect us, not to provoke anything bad, so people aren’t killed. Anything should be done to save lives and staying at home isn’t that big of a sacrifice. We understand this.” DAMAGED BUILDING / AMBULANCE SIREN SOUNDING IN BACKGROUND (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) LOCAL RESIDENT, VIKTORIIA DANYLEVYCH, SAYING: “Anything can be expected, considering that they (Russians) mostly bomb civilians. Anything can happen.” DAMAGED BUILDING CURTAIN HANGING OUT OF BROKEN WINDOW MAN WALKING BY DAMAGED BUILDING VARIOUS OF DAMAGED BUILDINGS
  • Embargoed: 6th September 2022 12:40
  • Keywords: Curfew Independence Day Kharkiv Russian invasion Ukraine war
  • Location: KHARKIV, UKRAINE
  • City: KHARKIV, UKRAINE
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Military Conflicts
  • Reuters ID: LVA001009323082022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: A two-day curfew has been announced in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv as fears grow that Russia might attack during the country's Independence Day anniversary.
    The curfew will start on Tuesday (August 23) at 1900 local time and end at 0700 on Thursday (August 25), said Oleh Synehubov, head of Kharkiv Regional Military Administration.
    "This is based on the information we have received from our Special Forces and the military about potential provocations. So, our government has made a decision to ban any mass events or celebrations," said Synehubov.
    Kharkiv has come under frequent and deadly longer-range artillery and rocket fire since Russia launched what it calls a "special military operation" to demilitarize its smaller neighbour and protect Russian-speaking communities on Feb. 24.
    Elsewhere in Ukraine, the capital Kyiv has banned public celebrations from Monday to Thursday, restricting festivities to commemorate Ukraine's independence from Soviet rule.
    In the port of Mykolaiv near Russian-held territory to the south, regional governor Vitaliy Kim said authorities planned a precautionary order for residents to work from home on Tuesday and Wednesday and urged people not to gather in large groups.
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has warned that Moscow could try "something particularly ugly" in the run-up to Wednesday's 31st independence anniversary, which also marks half a year since Russia invaded.
    (Production: Vitalii Hnidyi, Margaryta Chornokondratenko. Andii Pryimachenko, Mindy Burrows)
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