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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Alkis Konstantinidis and Horaci Garcia

Ukraine police patrol dark night time streets, seeking curfew violators

Police officers check the documents of a civilian during a night patrol after curfew, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, August 5, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

When night falls in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, just 20 km (12 miles) from the front line with Russia, police officers cruise through the dark and empty streets, looking for curfew violators, thieves and spies.

The 65,000 people remaining in the eastern industrial city, which before the war had a population of around 150,000, have to stay inside from 10 p.m. until 4 a.m.

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