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Official: Russian occupiers kidnap mayor in Kherson Oblast.

by The Kyiv Independent news desk August 17, 2022 1:23 PM 1 min read
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Svitlana Korotun, mayor of the Verkhny Rohachyk village community in Kherson Oblast, was kidnapped from her home on Aug. 16 and brought in an unknown direction, according to Yury Sobolevsky, first deputy speaker of the regional legislature. Korotun was kidnapped because she refused to cooperate with the Russians, he said.

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