KYIV, March 16 - Ukrainian forces have freed Melitopol mayor Ivan Fyodorov from Russian captivity, a top Ukrainian government official said on Wednesday, Business Insider reported.

"Good news from Zaporizhiya, a special operation aiming to free the mayor of Melitopol Ivan Federov has just now been successfully completed," Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the deputy head of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office, said in a video message.