Ukraine police patrol dark night time streets, seeking curfew violators


  • World
  • Sunday, 07 Aug 2022

Police officers check the documents of a civilian during a night patrol after curfew as Russias attack on Ukraine continues in Kramatorsk Ukraine August 5 2022. REUTERSAlkis Konstantinidis

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

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - 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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