Russian troops are holding hostage at the very least 11 Ukrainian mayors and have killed one in detention, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk stated on Sunday. In a social media put up, the deputy PM knowledgeable that 11 native mayors from Kyiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, and the Donetsk areas “are in Russian captivity” including that one has misplaced life. Ukraine will “inform the Worldwide Committee of the Pink Cross, the UN, and different organizations about their captivity,” she warned. The act is a warfare crime, she asserted. Ukraine’s Army will make sure that “our civilians, our mayors, monks, journalists, and activists are liberated,” moreover she added.
