The mayor of Melitopolis Ivan Fedorov who had been abducted by Russian forces during the war in Ukrainespoke at a closed event organized by the GLOBSEC think tank and described what he experienced.
Typically, as reported by APE, Fedorov stated that “when I was abducted I realized that life cost the Russian soldiers nothing. From one moment to the next they could have killed me. I was afraid. When I was in prison without any communication I did not know where my family is, where my executives are, what the situation is in the city. There was no information. I was told that the exchange would take place on Monday. “
«They put me in a military car and they said: Today the exchange will take place. I said: Excellent. I asked where the exchange would take place. I was told that it would be 80 km from Melitopolis. You know, I was born in Melitopolis, I know all the roads, how many kilometers they are, how many roads there are. I know everything. I realized we were going to Zaporizhia maybe. Two hours at most. Two hours pass, three hours. We stop and drink coffee. Four hours, five hours. They stop and do something else. After five hours the head of the mission turns and says to me: I’m sorry, but the exchange is not possible today. Your country does not want to take you. I ask: What? They told me: Too bad. Go back to jail. Of course this was not true, because the Ukrainian government knew nothing about the exchange on Monday. They started preparing for the exchange on Tuesday and it took place on Wednesday. But what happened on Monday was a psychological warHe added.
“War could break out elsewhere in the EU”
At the same time, he stated that “Russian propaganda has been working for ten to twelve years and it works very well. I know because when I was abducted and I was in prison, I asked the soldiers, why are you coming to my country, why are you coming to my city, what do you want? And they said: First to save the Russian language. Something that is stupid because in the area 95% of Ukrainians speak Russian. So it’s a fairy tale. Secondly, to clear the way for the Nazis. They do not understand that Ukrainian patriots are not Nazis. “They are Ukrainian patriots who love their land, their country.”
“From 2014 until this year on February 24, many politicians turn a blind eye to the situation in Ukraine. Many EU citizens do not understand the situation in Ukraine. The annexation of Crimea is far away they say. Shots in Donbass. They are far away they say. But now the war is in the middle of European Kiev. You have to believe that war could break out elsewhere in the EU. “In Poland, in Slovenia,” he said, among other things.
Video of the mayor’s abduction:
Source: News Beast
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