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Mayor: Russian forces begin mass abduction of people in occupied Melitopol.

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According to Ivan Fedorov, two weeks ago, Russian occupiers began illegally conscripting men of military age. But recently, Russians have started to kidnap them from checkpoints en masse, which makes it dangerous to move around the city. "People are kept in inhumane conditions in the basement," Fedorov said.

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