69 civilians are still in captivity.
As of the evening of April 18 in the Zaporozhye region registered 155 cases of abduction of civilians by the Russian military. This was reported by the Zaporizhia Regional Military Administration in the Telegram.
The central and regional authorities managed to release 86 people, but 69 are still in the captivity of the occupiers.
In particular, the enemy kidnapped 34 local authorities (24 fired), 14 entrepreneurs (6 fired), 12 heads of enterprises, institutions and organizations (5 fired), 3 lawyers (2 fired) and 2 journalists (2 fired).
The message also reminded about Russian abduction of a child – the 16-year-old son of the head of the Zaporizhia District State Administration. It is unknown at this time where he is being held.
Earlier it became known that the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is already recording signs of the beginning of the Russian military offensive in eastern Ukraine .
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