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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUkraine forces rescue Melitopol mayor.
Last edited Wed Mar 16, 2022, 07:26 PM - Edit history (1)
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olexander scherba🇺🇦
@olex_scherba
Ukraine conducted a special operation and rescued #Melitopol mayor Ivan Fedorov from captivity in the occupied #Luhansk! Melitopol is Ukraine! Thank you all who supported the #FreeIvanFedorov hashtag!
#StandWithUkraine
Update:
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The Kyiv Independent
@KyivIndependent
⚡️Melitopol Mayor was exchanged for 9 Russian conscripts.
The soldiers were 18-19 years old, according to Dasha Zarivna, a spokesperson for the presidential chief of staff. Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov was abducted and held captive by the Russian forces for five days.
3:50 PM · Mar 16, 2022
Wingus Dingus
(8,052 posts)herding cats
(19,558 posts)This is excellent news!
Response to ColinC (Original post)
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Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)leftieNanner
(15,080 posts)So glad Ivan has been freed!
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)moondust
(19,972 posts)could be dangerous career choices.
TomSlick
(11,096 posts)Historic NY
(37,449 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,856 posts)They would find Ukraine guilty instead.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)TomSlick
(11,096 posts)If she was an enemy combatant, she would be entitled to the protections of the Geneva Convention. As a result, if she was an enemy combatant, she could be neither tried nor punished.
The Geneva Convention does not protect collaborators against prosecution or punishment for violations of their country's domestic law. So no, she is not an enemy combatant. She is a traitorous collaborator. The nature of the due process to which she is entitled, and the potential punishment she faces, depends on Ukrainian domestic law.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Sucks to be her.
TomSlick
(11,096 posts)The real mayor's liberation does not put him back in office - it just keeps him alive. The collaborator needs to keep a "go bag" with her at all times in case the Russians bug-out.
In the meanwhile, she should keep a substantial security detail close by at all times.
Mr. Evil
(2,839 posts)If the need for any negotiating arises between Ukrainian and Russian soldiers, I'd say right about now a case of vodka, a meal and $200 would go a long way.
calimary
(81,194 posts)rockfordfile
(8,701 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Cha
(297,123 posts)Martin68
(22,781 posts)Efilroft Sul
(3,578 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)onecaliberal
(32,816 posts)PatSeg
(47,370 posts)PortTack
(32,754 posts)Yeah, it's in Ukrainian, but it says that Darya Zarivna (of the "office of the president" said during some tv marathon thig that the mayor was exchanged for 9 captured Russian soldiers born between 2002-2003.
https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-regions/3431838-mera-melitopola-obminali-na-devatoh-rosijskih-polonenih-op.html
BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)I hope they get both of them to safety.
orangecrush
(19,512 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)KS Toronado
(17,189 posts)Truth be known they all surrendered in the first place because they were conscripts. And will surrender again the
first chance they're given. Maybe even talking others into surrendering with them. Maybe even a little sabotage
of Russian equipment or intelligence gathering. UKR would treat them like kings if that was the game plan.
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)KS Toronado
(17,189 posts)For reasons we'll never know until after the war, if someone writes a book.
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lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)WarGamer
(12,427 posts)ColinC
(8,286 posts)WarGamer
(12,427 posts)I imagine some misinformation might be thrown out specifically for Ukrainian morale.