Earlier this summer, having intensified rocket strikes on Kyiv, Russia has also drastically increased the number of daily drone attacks.
Since last week, jet drones have been repeatedly attacking Kyiv and surrounding areas, resulting in dozens of air raid alerts daily and partial suspension of economic activities.
Metro trains no longer cross the Dnipro River, which divides the capital into two parts, causing traffic chaos.
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko announced on the Telegram platform that he met with local officials on Monday to discuss changes to security protocols. He proposes that one metro line remain open despite the strikes.
On Tuesday, as the school year begins in Ukraine, the city municipality also announced that it is preparing changes in schools, including remote learning.
Kyiv residents have started asking on social networks whether it is possible to continue living in the capital, especially with children, and some are considering moving to safer areas.
“The enemy is trying to paralyze economic activity in the capital and major cities,” wrote Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky on Facebook on Saturday.
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“Prolonged air raid alerts affect not only people’s safety but also business operations, logistics, transport, schools, and kindergartens,” he added.
The Prime Minister urged adapting security rules “to better protect people and preserve the ability to live in our cities and communities.”
Some Kyiv residents believe that security protocols are ineffective, and experts suggest adopting a more flexible approach.
“If because of one drone appearing somewhere in the region, everything or almost everything in the entire capital stops for about 40 minutes every hour, we won’t last that long,” wrote Mykhailo Zhernakov, head of the legal research center, on Facebook on Thursday.
On the night from Friday to Saturday, 38 people died in a Russian strike on an ammunition depot in a suburb of the capital.
In another attack on Saturday in broad daylight, a two-year-old girl was killed in a Kyiv park.
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