The Russians have kidnapped the mayor of Dniprorudne: it is the second such case in the Zaporizhzhia region

Olena Roschschina - Sunday, 13 March 2022, 10:08

Russian invaders have kidnapped Yevhen Matveyev, the mayor of Dniprorudne in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Source: Olexandr Starukh, Head of the Regional State Administration of Zaporizhzhia, on Facebook (in Ukrainian) 

Пряма мова: "Військові злочини стають системними. Викрадено міського голову Дніпрорудного Матвєєва Євгена Сергійовича".

Quote: "War crimes are becoming systemic. The mayor of Dniprorudne, Yevhen Matveyev, has been abducted."

For reference: Dniprorudne is a town in the Vasylivskyi district of the Zaporizhzhia region.

This is the second abduction of a mayor in the Zaporizhzhia region. 

On 11 March, Russian armed forces abducted the mayor of occupied Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov. After that, Halyna Danylchenko, an MP from the Opposition Bloc, said that she was setting up a committee of people's deputies to run Melitopol.