Mayor of Russian-occupied Melitopol (Zaporozhye region) Ivan Fedorov was kidnapped. About this writes "
“Just in Melitopol, a group of invaders of 10 people abducted Ivan Fedorov, mayor of the city, who refused to cooperate with the enemy. During the kidnapping, they put a plastic bag over his head.. Enemies detained him in the city crisis center, where he dealt with the life support of the Ukrainian city,” he wrote..
According to Gerashchenko, there was a Ukrainian flag in Fedorov's office, he himself refused to cooperate with the invaders..