Russian forces do not allow residents to evacuate from occupied territories - Melitopol Mayor 

The Melitopol Mayor, Ivan Fedorov, announced on Telegram.

"Yesterday, the Russian forces let only 94 people leave the occupied parts of 4 oblasts of Ukraine to Zaporizhzhia. 33 of them are residents of Melitopol and the district," he emphasized.

Ivan Fedorov noted that the weather conditions are getting worse. The rains are washing out the dirt road in the gray-zone (a space between peace and armed conflict) near Kamianske - the first settlement after the Russian checkpoint. If people don't leave now, it will be much more challenging to do so later.

"The  Russian forces understand this, but they continue to produce dozen people instead of thousands," said the mayor of Melitopol.