Mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov said that at the checkpoint in Vasilyevka, the Russians are forcing people who want to leave the occupied part of the Zaporozhye region to walk 10-15 kilometers. Fedorov announced this at a briefing at the Ukraine Media Center - Ukrinform.

" This morning, new rules were announced: if you walk, you can pass, but there must be a reason. 4-5 km walk to the gray zone, then 10 km to the gray zone. That is, you need to walk 10-15 km, but how it will actually look like is still unknown,” the head of Melitopol noted..

Evacuation becomes very difficult, mayor says. If you try to leave not through Vasilievka, but along other roads, then the occupying border guards do not let residents out of the temporarily occupied territories. About 80% of those who try to leave are not released, while not giving reasons.

He added that the invaders demand that people take passes at the commandant's office, but, according to him, having a pass does not give the right to leave. While there are no rules for leaving.

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Recall, earlier Ivan Fedorov reported that the number of Russian troops was increasing in the temporarily occupied Melitopol. According to him, "