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Every day at 9:00 in Kyiv traffic will be temporarily stopped for 60 seconds — this is when the nationwide minute of silence takes place. At certain intersections where the technical equipment allows, traffic lights will be switched to an "All red" mode. The Kyiv City Council deputies approved the respective decision. This was reported on the KCMA website.
According to Kostyantyn Usov, deputy head of the KCMA and Kyiv city council deputy, the innovation is intended to make the nationwide minute of silence noticeable to all residents of the capital and to establish it as a daily tradition of honoring the memory. He emphasized that the 60 seconds of stopping traffic should not be seen as an inconvenience or obstacle for city residents. It is primarily about a shared expression of respect for the fallen and an opportunity for the whole city to pause at the same time and remember them.
The draft decision was prepared following a protocol instruction from Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko. It was a response to appeals from Kyiv city council deputies who are currently defending Ukraine in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Before adopting the mechanism, transportation experts analyzed several options for organizing the stoppage of traffic and conducted corresponding modeling. As a result, they determined a format intended to ensure a controlled and safe stop without significant impact on the operation of city transport.
Where the transport will be stopped
In the first stage the new procedure will operate in the central part of Kyiv, where the traffic light system is already technically ready for such a mode. The stoppage of traffic will cover, in particular, European Square, Khreshchatyk, Baseyna Street, Bessarabskiy Passage, Velyka Vasylkivska, Square of Ukrainian Heroes, Yevhen Chykalenko Street, Taras Shevchenko Boulevard, Volodymyrska and Prorizna. The list of streets will be expanded as traffic light installations become technically ready.
During the 60-second stoppage a special voice announcement will be played over the city’s notification system, and a countdown to the end of the minute of silence will also be broadcast.
At the same time, the mechanism provides exceptions for safety reasons. If an "Air raid alert" is in effect or announced, traffic will not be stopped for one minute.
Communal and private carriers will be additionally informed about the new procedure. The date of the actual start of the daily traffic stoppage in Kyiv will be announced separately.
In April the KCMA reported that in Kyiv a minute of silence would be announced daily over loudspeakers at 09:00.
On 6 March President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law that establishes at the state level a daily nationwide minute of silence at 9 o’clock in the morning.
Document: PDF proof of the original version of the news item "У Києві щодня о 9:00 зупинятимуть рух транспорту під час хвилини мовчання". It records the publication content at the moment of the first scan, the preservation date and the source: KP.UA.
