Kyiv mayor says 264 civilians killed in capital

By AP 23 March 2022, 4:53 pm

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Kyiv's mayor Vitali Klitschko next to a five-story residential building that partially collapsed after a shelling in Kyiv, on March 18, 2022 (Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

KYIV, Ukraine — The mayor of Kyiv says Russian forces have killed 264 civilians, including four children, in the Ukraine capital since the war started last month.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko says battles are being waged in the area of Liutizh, a village 30 kilometers (about 20 miles) north of Kyiv and that Ukrainian forces have wrested back control of areas to the northwest and the northeast of the city, including most of Irpin.

He says the western town of Makariv has also been taken back by Ukrainian troops.

Klitschko speaks to reporters in the capital Kyiv in a central park overlooking the city. Explosions and gunfire are heard in the background as he speaks.