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Melitopol residents rally demanding to free mayor abducted by Russian occupiers.
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March 12, 2022 10:36 am
According to Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy chief of staff for President Volodymyr Zelensky, over 2,000 residents of Melitopol, a city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, gathered near the city administration building on March 12 for a protest. Tymoshenko said that Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov was abducted by Russian forces a day earlier.
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