Kyiv mayor says city plans to build up fortifications

FILE PHOTO: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko visits the site where an apartment building was damaged during Russian missile strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 24, 2023. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo

(Reuters) - The Ukrainian capital plans to build up more fortifications because the risk of Russian attack remains, Kyiv authorities said on Thursday.

Russian forces tried to take the capital in the first phase of their full-scale invasion launched in February 2022, but retreated after facing fierce Ukrainian resistance.