Kyiv, UkraineMOSCOW, 18 Feb. In Kiev, a complete evacuation of the population will be carried out if the «combat actions» reach the capital of Ukraine. Roman Tkachuk, Director of the Department of Municipal Security of the Kyiv City State Administration, made such a statement on Hromadsky Radio. «In the event of hostilities, evacuation will be carried out, and only critical infrastructure workers and the Armed Forces of Ukraine will remain in the city,» the official said. According to him, those who do not want to leave will also remain in Kiev. The rest of the time, the metro will be a shelter. On Tuesday, two British publications — the tabloid The Sun and the Mirror newspaper — published the news that the invasion of the Russian Armed Forces into Ukraine would take place at exactly one hour after midnight London time on the night of February 16. The next day, Sun edited their article on the site, and Mirror published a new text stating the fact that the «invasion» did not take place.Britain published a map of Russia's «invasion» of UkraineStatements that Russia is allegedly preparing provocations in Ukraine continue to come from the West, despite the return of Russian troops to their places of deployment after the exercises. On Monday, President Vladimir Putin met with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. The head of the Ministry of Defense reported that «a part of the exercises is coming to an end, a part will be completed in the near future.» Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said Tuesday that the Southern and Western military districts have begun returning troops to their places of deployment. The withdrawal of the military to their places of deployment after the exercises is a common practice, there is no novelty, Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters earlier when asked whether the withdrawal of troops means a de-escalation of the situation around Ukraine. As Sergei Lavrov said earlier, Russia does not create any reasons for conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Moscow does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine, hyped by the West, is aimed at covering Kiev's line of sabotaging the Minsk agreements on Donbass.
