Russian army deports 250 children from occupied territories, claims to place them in new families - Fedorov:

This was reported by the mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov on Telegram.

"Children are one of the most vulnerable categories of the population in the TOT, whom the enemy is trying to influence. The enemy stole 250 children from the temporarily occupied territory and allegedly found them new families in Russia. It will be extremely difficult to return these children after de-occupation," said Fedorov.

In addition, according to him, the enemy took more than a thousand young residents to camps, allegedly for recreation. However, this "rest" is not about recovery, but about propaganda.

"Education" in the occupation is a system of destroying Ukrainian identity and militarising young people," the mayor of Melitopol is convinced.

• On 22 July, the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, reported that Russian occupiers were moving heavy military equipment through the city at night
• Ivan Fedorov also said that in Melitopol, drunken occupiers on a Tiger vehicle rammed a civilian car