Sadovyi honored the memory of the mayor killed by Russians
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Mayor of Lviv, Andriy Sadovyi reacted to the return of the body of the Dniprorudne mayor Yevheniy Matveyev. He was tortured by the Russians in captivity.
Sadovyi wrote about this on his Facebook page on Wednesday, December 4.
The body of the mayor of Dniprorudne was returned to Ukraine
"I was not closely acquainted with Yevheniy Matveyev, the mayor of Dniprorudne, Zaporizhzhia region. His city was occupied in early February, but he remained with his people until the very end," Sadovyi said.
The mayor of Lviv also recalled that Matveyev was in Russian captivity for three years. He had to endure many trials and tortures.
"Almost three years of torture and struggle in enemy captivity. He died at the hands of Russian executioners, but he did not break," Sadovyi noted.
Currently, Yevhenyi's body has been returned to Ukraine as part of the latest exchange of bodies of the dead.
"Blessed memory," Sadovyi briefly summarized.
Previously, we wrote that the body of the tortured mayor of Dniprorudne, Yevheniy Matveyev, who was in captivity for more than two years, was returned to Ukraine. The man remained in the city until the end and supported the citizens.
We reported that Ukraine returned the bodies of 502 dead soldiers to the territory under its control.
