The mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, said that the Russians abducted about a thousand civilians during the year of occupation of the city, hundreds more are in captivity. Fedorov announced this at a briefing at the Ukraine Media Center - Ukrinform.

According to the mayor of Melitopol, more than 3,500 prisoners were taken to the occupied Crimea. All of them were moved illegally. the occupiers also massively abducted civilians of the city.

" To date, there are definitely hundreds more in captivity,"

In addition, the Russians conduct the so-called inventory of housing. They go door to door and check the documents for the property..

“A special commission goes around the houses and demands documents for property, although they clearly understand that a huge number of residents have left, and their relatives and friends live there.. This does not suit them, they warn that if there are no owners or documents, then these people will be evicted from their apartments and houses,” Fedorov added..

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Recall, earlier it was reported that the Russians deployed 800 police officers from the Rostov region and the Krasnodar Territory to the so far occupied regions of Zaporozhye.