KYIV, March 27 – In the annual world ranking 2023 IQAir World Air Quality, Kyiv is among the thirty capitals of the world with the best air quality indicators. Having settled down between Madrid and Luxembourg, the capital of Ukraine took 22nd place in the ranking, finding itself in the green zone, said Deputy Head of Kyiv City State Administration for self-governing powers Volodymyr Prokopov.

"Firstly, it's a reduction in anthropogenic impact from the very beginning of martial law. It's also a decrease in the number of enterprises producing emissions into the air, and fewer cars on the streets of the capital – especially in the first half of last year. Secondly, thanks to the active position of Kyiv, the city monitoring system of the capital has been added since 2022 to the list of sources taken into account when calculating the world ranking of cities by quality air," Prokopov said.