High treason. In Melitopol, the occupiers have made deputy of the City Council from the Opposition Bloc Halyna Danilchenko their ‘mayor’.
The collaborator has already recorded an appeal to the residents of Melitopol “to stay in tune with the new reality,” “not to destabilize the situation and not to participate in extremist activities.” Danilchenko has been holding a meeting with the heads of utility companies.
It should be reminded that the Russian occupiers have abducted Ivan Fedorov, the mayor of Melitopol.

The maximum sentence for high treason is life imprisonment with full confiscation of property.
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