What happened. On March 11, the invaders captured the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov. President Volodymyr Zelensky is discussing with world partners the immediate release of the mayor.
Source. Zelensky spoke about this in his video message.
Commentary: “Since morning, people have gathered in Ukrainian Melitopol to protest against Russian troops, against attempts to bring the city to its knees.
Over 3,000 people in the square. Hear, please, in Moscow. If 3,000 people come out against the invaders in Melitopol, then how many should come out against the war in order to be honest.
Yesterday the occupiers captured the mayor of Melitopol Fedorov. The society of the city demands his release, and this is important. I am grateful to every Melitopol citizen for this resistance.
The occupiers must see that they are strangers to our entire land.
At night and today we are constantly talking with international partners about this situation with our mayor,” our president said.