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The Russians were tortured in captivity of the mayor of Dniproudny Eugene Matveyev: his body was returned to Ukraine

The Russians abducted Yevgeny Matveyeva in March 2022. For a long time his further fate was unknown. The mayor of Dniproudny Yevgeny Matveyev died in Russian captivity, where he spent 2 years and 8 months. His body was returned to Ukraine during the last exchange of prisoners, the press service of the Zaporozhye Regional State Administration reports. The future mayor Yevgeny Matveev was born on December 8, 1960.

He received his education in Kharkiv Polytechnic, worked in management positions at the plant of construction and seating machines and a cheese plant in Dniproudny. For the first time, he occupied the post of mayor of Dniproudny in 2006, then the locals elected him twice more. During his last cadence, Russia began a full -scale invasion. "Yevgeny was a true patriot, not indifferent to the fate of his country and his community.

He always worked with people and for the sake , he did everything to ensure the life of the community, constantly informed the population about the course of events and supported, " - said the head of the Zaporozhye Regional State Administration Ivan Fedorov. The fact that the Russians were abducted by the mayor of Dniproudny Yevgeny Matveyev, was reported on March 13, 202 by the head of the Zaporizhzhya OVA Alexander Starukh.

The press service of Zaporizhzhya Regional State Administration states that from the beginning of a full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine the mayor of Dniproudny had a clear pro -Ukrainian position. He initiated the creation of a wife to patrol the streets to prevent looting, organized baking bread when stores began to get the end of the food stocks, and also recorded an appeal to the locals on the social network daily.

When, on February 27, 2022, the enemy troops tried to occupy the city, Yevgeny Matveev, together with the inhabitants of Dniproudny, blocked the passage for Russian equipment. It is reported that on March 13, Matveev left for a checkpoint at the entrance to Dniproudny after notifying the bus delay with the employees of the Zaporizhzhya Iron Ore. The miners were released, and the mayor was captured. "His further fate has been unknown for a long time.