Almost 500 residents of the temporarily occupied Melitopol are in captivity

Russian troops en masse capture Ukrainian citizens. The reason for detaining civilians is any suspicion of ties to the Armed Forces of Ukraine or loyalty to the Ukrainian authorities. People are usually kept in colonies or detention centers.

In particular, in the temporarily occupied Melitopol, the Russians kidnapped about 500 local residents, Melitopol chairman Ivan Fedorov reported: “They are mocked, tortured and accused of something they did not do.

Why is it to the enemy? Intimidate the inhabitants of captured territories in order to quell or reduce resistance in temporarily occupied territories. To show the work of their security forces, which allegedly identify members of the Resistance Movement.”

Today it is very difficult to exchange prisoners, the Russians do not make contact.

Another so-called court hearing was held in Rostov-on-Don regarding Dmytro Golubev, whom the Russians accuse of blowing up the MREV building in Melitopol and preparing a terrorist attack near the building of the Military-Civil Administration of the Zaporizhzhia region.