The mayor of Kyrylivka in the Zaporizhia region (southeastern Ukraine) Ivan Malieiev was kidnapped by Russian soldiers. This was stated by the Zaporizhia Regional Military Administration, quoted by Ukrinform. Malieiev had previously refused to cooperate with the Russian occupiers.
According to the local publication of Melitopol, Russian military vehicles surrounded the village. The troops went from house to house.
The 16yearold son of the governor of the Southeast Zaporizhia region was also kidnapped by Russian soldiers at a roadblock. This was announced by Governor Oleg Buryak himself in an interview with Ukrinform. According to his father, on April 8 the boy was driving a car that was part of an evacuation convoy from Melitopol to Zaporizhia. In the car were two women he knew and three small children. The convoy was stopped by the Russian army at the Vasylivka checkpoint, the soldiers approached to check. “They saw my son’s cell phone and pulled it out of the car,” Buryak said, “they have the tablets and they found out I’m Vlad’s father. All the time we tried to solve the problem ourselves.” “but it didn’t work”.
According to eyewitnesses, the car was held at the roadblock for three hours. After that, all but the boy were released. Acquaintances said they asked to release Vlad, but to no avail.
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