They get in the apartments: the Armed Forces use peaceful Ukrainians for their safety - Fedorov

According to the mayor of Melitopol, the Russians continue to cover themselves with locals in the occupied territories and this trend has been persisted for the last one and a half years. Russian invaders began to stand in the apartments of Ukrainians in the temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhzhya region, and thus provide for themselves a live shield. This was stated by Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov on Freedom on September 21.

According to him, the Russians use the usual tactics for themselves, which involves the use of civilians as protection against shelling. "100% they try to cover up with a live shield. 100% they try to hide behind our people. We are talking about it constantly for a year and a half. It began with the fact that they placed their military equipment simply in residential quarters to cover our people," - - " Ivan Fedorov said.

Separately, the mayor of Melitopol noted that the Russian air defense systems, when they work, are often demolished by the roofs of the private sector. The reason is that air protection is located directly in residential quarters. "They begin to settle in the apartments of our inhabitants, and they begin to fit into the apartments of our residents, already covering up with our people who are forced to remain in the temporarily occupied territory.

This trend, for the most part, we see in the front cities, directly in the places where it is To date, the concentration of our residents, ”Ivan Fedorov continued. In addition, many are forced to leave the occupied territories massively, because the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation arrange them an unbearable life. We will remind, on September 19 Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov revealed plans of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from the defense of the southern regions of Ukraine.