Head of Zaporizhia Regional State Administration Oleksandr Starukh reported on the kidnapping of the mayor of the city of Dniprorudne, Zaporizhia Region, Yevhen Matveyev.

"War crimes are becoming systemic. Mayor of Dniprorudne Matveyev Yevhen Serhiyovych was kidnapped," Starukh wrote on Facebook on Sunday morning.

As reported, on March 11, a message appeared about the abduction by the Russian military of the mayor of the city of Melitopol, Zaporizhia region, Ivan Fedorov, who refused to cooperate with the occupiers.