Occupiers block exits from Melitopol: citizens are sent to Crimea

The Russian occupying forces, which launched a full-scale invasion, do not allow the residents of Melitopol to leave for the Ukraine-controlled territory, instead, the citizens are offered “green corridors” to the temporarily occupied Crimea.

This was claimed by the Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov on the air of the telethon.

“According to my estimates, there are about 70-75 thousand people in the city. The occupiers are doing everything to prevent people from leaving the city. Normally, the road from Zaporizhzhya to Melitopol is 1 hour, as far as I know in wartime it is 4 hours, but currently, it takes 2 days. The occupiers deliberately delay everything in order not to let people out and occupy the city”, concluded Fedorov.

According to him, the occupiers block even unofficial green corridors and try to direct everyone to the temporarily occupied Crimea.

“Everyone is sent only to Crimea. It is said that it is possible to get there without problems, but our people do not want to go to Crimea”, the mayor added.

It is noted that today, evacuation buses and a column of private cars are to be sent from Melitopol to Zaporizhzhia. According to the mayor, today 1,500 – 2,000 citizens will attempt to evacuate.

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