The attacks on civilian targets come as President Biden for the first time publicly called Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” — an accusation the Kremlin said was “unacceptable and unforgivable.”
The center, which is affiliated with the country’s culture and information policy ministry, said Mayor Ivan Fedorov had been taken against his will from his southeastern city to Luhansk, one of the two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine that Russian President Vladimir Putin officiallyUkrainian authorities said the nine Russian conscripts involved in the exchange were all born between 2002 and 2003, making them 19- and 20-year-olds.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video posted early Thursday that he spoke with Fedorov after the mayor’s release. During his captivity, Fedorov declined Russia’s request to “collaborate,” Zelensky said, commending Fedorov’s loyalty. Fedorov “did not give up, just as we all endure. You all,” Zelensky said. “Just as we all do not give up, because we are Ukrainians and we always protect our own.”
Zelensky described Russia’s capture of Fedorov as “a crime against democracy” when footage of the mayor being taken away by Russian soldiers with a hood over his head spread on social media last week. The incident quickly
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