In this exclusive essay for Newsweek, Ukrainian mayor Ivan Fedorov remains defiant against Russia and Putin.
In recent weeks, the situation has escalated in Zaporizhzhya, a Ukrainian-controlled city where many thousands of displaced people from temporarily occupied Kherson, Luhansk, Donetsk regions and the city of Melitopol, of which I am mayor, have found their refuge. Throughout this time, Russians have been bombing Zaporizhzhya at night while people are asleep, including hitting apartment blocks and residential buildings.
On February 24, when the war started in Ukraine, I was in Melitopol. At 5:30 a.m., Russia started bombing the city, including the airport and other infrastructure facilities. I did not question whether to stay or to leave. I stayed in the city with my team and my people. This is the place where I should be as the mayor. My entire team worked in the city under one condition: That the Ukrainian flag remains in the main square of the city.
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