'They have moved to a new stage of terror in which they are trying to physically eliminate representatives of legitimate local Ukrainian authorities,' said the Ukrainian president.
"They have moved to a new stage of terror in which they are trying to physically eliminate representatives of legitimate local Ukrainian authorities," said the Ukrainian president.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday accused Russia of committing"a crime against democracy itself" by abducting the mayor of Melitopol, a city in southern Ukraine that Russian troops seized in the early days of the invasion.
"This is obviously a sign of weakness of the invaders," Zelenskyy said during a press conference, praising Melitopol Mayor Ivan Federov as someone"who bravely defends Ukraine and the members of his community." Russian forces, Zelenskyy warned, have"moved to a new stage of terror in which they are trying to physically eliminate representatives of legitimate local Ukrainian authorities."
"The capture of the mayor of Melitopol is, therefore, a crime, not only against a particular person, against a particular community, and not only against Ukraine," he continued."It is a crime against democracy itself." Ukrainian officials, Russian soldiers"put a plastic bag" on Fedorov's head and abducted him from the Melitopol city center on Friday, outraging local residents who turned out to protest the alleged kidnapping.
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