KYIV, March 7 – More than 4,000 people remain in the occupied territory near Kyiv and need to be evacuated, adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs Vadym Denysenko said.

"Unfortunately, in the occupied territories near Kyiv - Makariv, Hostomel, and others... there are still a little more than 4,000 people," Denysenko said during the national telethon on Monday.

According to Denysenko, Ukrainian authorities are doing everything to release and evacuate these people, but the invaders prevent this.