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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Isobel Koshiw in Kyiv

Kyiv’s clubs and bars to stay open later as curfew relaxed to midnight

A bartender in a Kyiv bar.
A bartender in a Kyiv bar. The city’s curfew has been 11pm since last May. Photograph: Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP/Getty Images

Kyiv’s wartime curfew will be reduced by an hour to boost business, the administration of the Ukrainian capital announced on Friday.

Since Russia launched its invasion last February, the residents of Kyiv and all other cities across Ukraine have been subject to regionally imposed curfews for security reasons. Night revellers have to scarper home or face questioning, fines, and even conscription by the police and soldiers who patrol the streets at night.

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