The Russians have abducted the mayor of Skadovsk in southern Ukraine and his deputy. People are protesting
OLENA ROSCHSCHINA - WEDNESDAY, 16 MARCH 2022, 12:22
The Russian armed forces have abducted Oleksandr Yakovliev, mayor of Skadovsk in southern Ukraine, and Yurii Paliukh, his deputy. This is according to Artem Kostiuchenko, an activist.
Source: Artem Kostiuchenko on Facebook.
Quote: "Just now (around 11:00 AM), Mayor Oleksandr Yakovliev and Yurii Paliukh have been abducted from the Skadovsk City Council."
Details: Kostiuchenko called on the inhabitants of the city to gather at the central square at 12:00 noon.
People have come and are chanting, "The Russian soldier is a fascist and occupier", "Give us back our Mayor", "Mayor!", "We elected him - he is our Mayor".
People are also shouting, "Skadovsk is Ukraine".
Russian invaders kidnap mayors of Ukrainian cities who do not submit to the occupiers and do not recognize Russian rule. This was the case in the Zaporizhzhia region, and now in the Kherson region.
Background:
- On 11 March, Russian invaders abducted the mayor of occupied Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov. After that, Halyna Danylchenko, an MP from the Opposition Bloc, said she was setting up a committee of people's deputies to run Melitopol.
- On 13 March, Russian invaders abducted Yevhenii Matvieiev, the mayor of Dniprorudne in the Zaporizhzhia region.
- According to the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, the Russians took Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov to Luhansk, which the Russians occupied 8 years ago. Dniprorudne Mayor Yevhenii Matvieiev has also been taken prisoner by the occupiers, but his fate is unknown.
- On 10 March, the occupiers abducted Leila Ibrahimova, deputy of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Council, in Melitopol. She was subsequently released. Later, the Russians abducted Olha Haisumova, an activist, and Serhii Pryima, a district council chairman from Melitopol. They also attempted to kidnap the secretary of the Melitopol City Council, Roman Romanov.
