Russia has the mayor of Melitopol kidnapped

The southeastern Ukrainian metropolis of Melitopol has been occupied by Russian troops for days.

Ukrainians who don’t wish to give up to the Russian occupation? Apparently they’re being taken out of the way in which by the Kremlin tyrant’s troops!

The mayor of Melitopol was kidnapped on Friday, the Ukrainian parliament reviews. An announcement mentioned: “A gaggle of 10 invaders kidnapped the mayor of Melitopol (Zaporizhia area) Ivan Fedorov. He refused to cooperate with the enemy.”

Fedorov was arrested within the metropolis’s disaster heart. The Russian kidnappers apparently acted extraordinarily brutally: “Through the kidnapping of Fedorov, they put a plastic bag over his head,” in response to the parliamentary assertion.

Zelenskyj calls for launch

In his each day video speech, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (44) describes the kidnapping as an try by Russia to close down official our bodies in Ukraine and requires Fedorov’s launch.

“That is clearly an indication of the weak point of the invaders. They haven’t discovered any collaborators who would cede the cities and energy to the occupiers. Subsequently, they’ve entered a brand new part of terror wherein they’re making an attempt to get rid of representatives of native Ukrainian authorities,” Zelenskyy mentioned.

And additional: “They didn’t discover any help on our land, though they anticipated it. As a result of for years they lied to themselves that the individuals of Ukraine are supposedly ready for Russia to return. That is Ukraine. That is Europe. It is a democratic world.”