‘Risk of dying is high’, says Kyiv mayor to those who wish to return

Huge battles' expected in coming days as glint of normality returns with lift of alcohol ban

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Kyiv's mayor, Vitali Klitschko, has warned those who fled Ukraine's capital at the start of the war with Russia not to return as the risk of dying is pretty high", even as he offered a glint of normality by partially lifting an alcohol ban.

The former world heavy weight boxing champion said he expected huge battles" in the coming days in satellite towns and the outskirts of the city, which Russian forces have repeatedly tried but failed to encircle.