The legitimate, elected mayor was last seen being led away from a Ukrainian government building by armed men with a hood over his head….
A newly installed “mayor” of the Ukrainian southern port city of Melitopol seized by Russia has introduced herself in a disturbing televised local statement after Russian troops reportedly kidnapped the actual mayor.
…The Russian-backed Luhansk regional prosecutor claimed that Fedorov had committed terrorism offenses and was under investigation….
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday lashed the kidnapping of Melitopol’s legitimate mayor, comparing it to the actions of “ISIS terrorists.” He called it a “crime against democracy.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/russia-new-melitopol-mayor-kidnapping-zelenskyy_n_622d62d9e4b02961583c50ad
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/12/ukraine-melitopol-mayor-fedorov-abducted-zelensky/

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