Approximately 2 million Kievans remained in the Ukrainian capital. Every second one left. The mayor of Kyiv Vitaliy Klitschko announced this on the air of the national marathon of Ukrainian TV channels..

" A little less than 2 million people are now in Kyiv,"

According to Klitschko, Kyiv has turned into a fortress: " strengthened. Join the territorial defense. Even people who in their lives never intended to change clothes are now in uniform with machine guns in their hands..

These are musicians, and actors, representatives of different professions"

The mayor noted that to surround and capture Kyiv is the key goal of the Russians.

" Their task from the first day of the war is to surround Kyiv, encircle it. Their plans are not realized thanks to our guys. Bucha, Vorzel, Irpin, Gostomel, where fierce battles are taking place. Our guys are frustrating all plans to encircle Kyiv,"

Klitschko is sure that " It is reported by LIGABusinessInform.