When stopping public transport during an air raid, the capital authorities are guided solely by the recommendations of the military.. Because the people who are there at that moment are also targets for the Russians. This is how the mayor of Kyiv Vitaliy Klitschko responded to numerous calls not to stop the work of ground transport. According to him, the decision to ban traffic during an alarm was made not by some individual people, but by the City Defense Council. In particular, Klitschko called the decisions that public transport should move during alarms “populist” and could lead to tragedy.. And he added that it will not be those who demand that transport be stopped that will answer.. And not those who make promises, do it in order to collect curses, to please.

" I don't do it and I won't! The main thing is to save people’s lives,” the head of Kyiv emphasized..

He also added that during the full-scale war, fragments of enemy ammunition were found four times on the ground sections of the metro, and once they found part of a rocket that did not detonate at the support of the Metro bridge.

According to Klitschko, due to the shelling, as of now, 22 units of rolling stock of the Kievpasstrans utility company have already been damaged..

Earlier it was reported that the KMVA is studying the possibility of operating public transport in Kyiv during air raids. The city community will be informed about the relevant decision in the near future..