Photo Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesKYIV—Vitaly Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv and former heavyweight champion of the world, won’t stand for any of the scare-mongering that is sweeping through Europe. Many fear that the election of President Donald Trump would be a death-knell for Ukrainian independence but Klitschko believes Trump would back them against President Vladimir Putin.The ex-boxer has held meetings with senior Republicans, including Sen. Tom Cotton and Sen. L
Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, had to go to shelter during talks with Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko because of an air-raid warning. This is not Hidalgo's first visit to Kyiv since the beginning of the full-scale war.
The number of casualties from the Russian missile attack on Kyiv on 7 February has risen to 5. Source: Vitalii Klitschko, the Mayor of Kyiv, on Telegram Quote: "The number of victims of the enemy attack on the capital on February 7 has increased to 5 people.
The death toll in Solomianskyi district has risen to 2 people, with another 49 people injured, as a result of an overnight and morning Russian strike on Kyiv on 2 January. Source: Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv, on Telegram; Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine; State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
The number of people found killed in Kyiv as a result of a Russian large-scale missile attack on the morning of 29 December has reached 13, as of 10:40 on 30 December. Source: Vitalii Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv Quote: "Two more bodies have been recovered from the rubble.