Mayor Of Ukraine City Kidnapped By Russian Forces: Official

"A group of 10 occupiers kidnapped the mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov," Ukraine's parliament said on Twitter.

The mayor of southern Ukraine's Melitopol was kidnapped on Friday by Russian soldiers occupying the city, President Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukrainian officials said.

"A group of 10 occupiers kidnapped the mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov," Ukraine's parliament said on Twitter.

"He refused to cooperate with the enemy," it added.

It said the mayor was seized when he was at the city's crisis centre dealing with supply issues.