Ukraine’s mayor needs to liberate Melitopol and guarantee the security of the entire head of the community, Zelensky
In a night video, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said that Ukraine should be freed from the capture of Ivan Fedorov by the Russian military in Melitopol, Zaporizhia Oblast, and full security should be guaranteed to the entire head of the community in Ukraine.
“In Melitopol, the occupiers captured the mayor Ivan Fedorov. A mayor who courageously defends Ukraine and the people in his community … The capture of the mayor of Melitopol is a crime not only against a specific person, not only against a specific community, and not only against Ukraine. This is a crime against democracy as such. I assure you that 100% of people in all democracies can learn about this. The actions of the Russian invaders will be equated with the actions of ISIS terrorists. The whole country saw that Melitopol did not submit to the occupiers. As Kherson, Berdyansk and other cities, where Russian troops had so far entered, were conquered, it was introduced. And this should not be changed by pressure on mayors or kidnapping of mayors. It can only be used for the occupiers, “Zelensky said.
Zelensky promised to raise the issue of seizure of legitimate government officials by Russian invaders with international mediators who are communicating with Moscow.
“Ukraine’s mayor will need to free Melitopol and the full security of the entire head of the community of our entire state. If you become an analogue of ISIS terrorists, then what’s the point of talking to you about anything? We are raising this issue, including with international mediators who are communicating with Moscow, “Zelensky said.
On March 11, it became known that the Russian military had abducted Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov by breaking into the Palace of Culture, where the executive committee of the City Council was located. Currently, the local population of Ivan Fedorov is unknown, the connection with is lost.