Zelenskyy: Some mayors abducted by occupiers found dead

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IRYNA BALACHUK - MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2022, 12:15

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that some of the Ukrainian mayors who had been abducted by the occupiers were no longer alive.

Source: Zelenskyy in an interview with The Economist.

Zelenskyy's direct speech: "They (Russians – ed.) are kidnapping the mayors of our cities. They have killed some of them. Some of them we cannot find. Some of them we have already found, and they are dead."

Details: Zelenskyy added that the Russians have replaced some mayors.

According to the president, the Russian army is using the same methods in the occupied territories that it used in Donbas in 2014.

patricksaurus on March 28th, 2022 at 13:43 UTC »

I bet none of these people knew they were signing up to become military leaders when they ran for mayor, but they didn’t run away.

TechieTravis on March 28th, 2022 at 13:01 UTC »

Russia is assassinating elected leaders in Ukraine. Add it to their mountain of war crimes

QuirkyQuarQ on March 28th, 2022 at 12:46 UTC »

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that some of the Ukrainian mayors who had been abducted by the occupiers were no longer alive.

Source: Zelenskyy in an interview with The Economist.

Zelenskyy's direct speech: "They (Russians – ed.) are kidnapping the mayors of our cities. They have killed some of them. Some of them we cannot find. Some of them we have already found, and they are dead."

Details: Zelenskyy added that the Russians have replaced some mayors.

According to the president, the Russian army is using the same methods in the occupied territories that it used in Donbas in 2014.

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