Also, in the occupied city of Melitopol in the Zaporizhzhia region, the occupation forced have banned social services payments to residents who refuse to obtain a Russian passport.

Source: https://worldcrunch.com/focus/ukrainians-forced-russian-passports

During his time at a “logistics headquarters” in April last year, in the town of Bilmak 90 miles northeast of Melitopol, Yefremov said he witnessed his colonel torturing Ukrainians.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1729737/Russian-officer-fled-Ukraine-war-crazy-colonel-torture-tactics

Galina Danilchenko, the Russian-installed mayor of the Ukrainian city of Melitopol, in the south-eastern Zaporizhzhia region, said on Saturday that one civilian died in overnight shelling of Melitopol by Ukrainian forces.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/12/russia-ukraine-war-at-a-glance-what-we-know-on-day-354-of-the-invasion

Galina Danilchenko, the Russian-installed mayor of the Ukrainian city of Melitopol, in the south-eastern Zaporizhzhia region, said on Saturday that one civilian died in overnight shelling of Melitopol by Ukrainian forces.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/12/russia-ukraine-war-at-a-glance-what-we-know-on-day-354-of-the-invasion

Ivan Fedorov, the exiled mayor of the city of Melitopol, Russians are taking Ukrainian kids to education camps.

Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/save-ukraine-children-abduction-russia-war-rescue-operation/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

Ivan Fedorov, the Ukrainian Mayor of Melitopol, commented on the attack in a post to his Telegram channel.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1776955/putin-navy-flees-berdyansk-port-storm-shadow-missiles-ukraine

One force is driving toward Berdiansk, on the Sea of Azov, and the other toward Melitopol, near that sea.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/28/world/europe/ukraine-robotyne-russia-counteroffensive.html

Several explosions were reported in the occupied southern city of Melitopol on Monday, and a Mariupol police chief's car was blown up, says Russian state media.

Source: https://theava.com/archives/214624

The name “Melitopol” means “the Honey City” in Ukrainian and the city’s official logo features a cherry, a nod to the deep red fruit the region is famous for.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/national-world/cnn-world/2023/06/11/pretending-to-live-a-civilian-life-how-pro-ukrainian-residents-of-occupied-melitopol-feel-daily-fear/

They were urged instead to concentrate all their forces on the offensive directed south, toward Melitopol and the Azov Sea.

Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/09/no_author/hotel-ukraine-sure-check-out-any-time-but-you-can-never-leave/

This incident comes in the wake of several explosions that rocked the temporarily occupied city of Melitopol in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast earlier today.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1751185/Ukraine-Live-Russia-Black-Sea-mod-updates