50 pieces of equipment for today. The invaders are pulling the forces in Melitopol - the mayor (video)

According to the mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov, the invaders are preparing for the defense of the city. They cleanse the bomb shelters and train mobilized. Mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov said that the enemy charges personal warehouse and military equipment in the city. According to him, today through Melitopol in the direction of the Zaporizhzhya line of the front moved a column of 50 units of equipment. The official said this at a briefing at the Media Center Ukraine - Ukrinform.

"Today, they are trying to reduce a large number of personnel, military power and defense borders in order to keep the city. But they will not be sure that they will have other plans in our armed forces," the mayor said. The official also shared that around Melitopol the invaders launched training landfills for mobilized Russians. Currently, invaders are trained on the coast of the dairy estuary and near the village of Mikhailivka. Also in the city are trying to bring at least four bomb shelves.

Fedorov is convinced that the enemy is preparing to keep the occupied city. "There is information from our locals that they just build underground cities, for example, the village of Novomykolaivka, burning sea containers into the ground, and thus build a storage facility for themselves," the mayor said. He also said that in the temporarily occupied Russian cities strengthened forced certification.

Without hostile documents, locals cannot receive any payments and are not even able to dispose of their property. "Departure from the city is extremely difficult," the mayor assured. Prices for goods there are inflated at least 5 times-a kilogram of meat can cost 400-500 UAH. The rubles-hryvnias in the occupied territories were almost equalized, Fedorov explained. According to him, in Melitopol pharmacies lack of medication.

In addition, there are also no work in the city, as 80% of businesses do not function. During the year of a full -scale invasion of Russia, at least a thousand inhabitants of Melitopol visited in captivity, more than half of them - from two days to two months. However, there are cases where it is unknown about the fate of prisoners of mermaid, the mayor said.

We will remind, on February 10 at The New York Times reported that the most promising direction for the offensive of the Armed Forces is the south. Analysts of the publication are convinced that Melitopol is extremely important for a counter -offensive, because it serves as a railway for the invading troops. The invaders are aware of the importance of the city, so Russia strengthens its positions there, noted the operational command "South".