The invaders abducted Dmitry Afanasyev, a deputy of the Ship District Council and the head of the EU faction, Ukrainian politician Serhiy Khlan announced this on his Facebook.

In Kherson on March 22, the Russian military abducted Dmitry Afanasyev right from home. After a forceful dispersal of a peaceful protest in the city, when a deputy tried to protect his wife, he was severely beaten. As a result, Afanasiev broke several ribs. A few hours after the incident, the military came to his house with a search.. On the spot, the occupiers found a certificate of a deputy of the district council and confiscated phones from all those present.. After that, all the men who were in the house were taken away by the Russian military..

The next day, the invaders once again searched the house and released one of the prisoners.. He said that all the detainees were tortured.

Since the beginning of the military operations of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, Russian soldiers have already abducted local officials and Ukrainian citizens several times. During this time, the Russians captured: the director of the Kherson theater Alexander Kniga, the headman of Staraya Zburyevka Viktor Mironyuk, the mayor of Berislav Alexander Shapovalov and many other people.