In Kyiv, the population has approached the pre-war level, said the mayor of the city Vitali Klitschko in an interview with the German magazine Spiegel.

He said that before the war, 3.8 million people lived in Kyiv, in March, after the Russian invasion, there were less than a million.

“We count how many cell phones are used. Before the war there were 3.8 million people here, in March - less than a million, in July - two, two and a half million, now 3.6 million. 300 thousand. of them are registered migrants from other regions of the country. The city is overcrowded,” Klitschko said..

The Kyiv administration has calculated that since February 24, more than 600 buildings have been destroyed in Kyiv, 120 Kyiv residents have died, including five children.. Injuries, according to the authorities of the city, received 495 residents, including 30 children.. The air raids lasted 693 hours and 49 minutes, that is, almost 29 days..

Recall that the Cabinet of Ministers published the population of Ukraine, which was recorded at the beginning of 2022. So, as of January 1 of this year, there were 34.5 million people in Ukraine. These data were provided to the government by the State Statistics Service for the preparation of the state budget for 2023..

According to the UN Refugee Agency, as of August 30, 2022, the number of border crossings with Ukraine since February 24, 2022 amounted to 12 million people, while 5.3 million people returned to Ukraine.