The mayor of Melitopol was allegedly abducted by Russian forces on March 11.
Highlights
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calls for release of Melitopol’s mayor.
- Mayor Ivan Fedorov has been freed in a “special operation,” an adviser to Ukraine’s presidential office says.
- Russian forces allegedly abducted the mayor on March 11.
- The Russian-controlled separatists then announced they were bringing charges against him for “aiding terrorism” A pro-Russian lawmaker says a “committee of the chosen” is now taking over the running of the city, a lawmaker tells people not to allow pro-Ukrainian activists to “destabilize” the situation.
- Russian riot police were also deployed in Melitsopol to block protests there.