The head of the Zaporozhye regional military administration, Ivan Fedorov, will leave his current position and move to Kyiv, as President Vladimir Zelensky invited him to head the State Agency for Reconstruction and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine, Suspilna reported, citing sources..

In a comment to journalists from the television company, Fedorov confirmed the move and said that, despite this, he would remain deputy chairman of the Defense Council of the Zaporozhye region for now..

It has not yet been officially announced who will take the position of chairman of the OVA after Fedorov’s departure, since the decision on the dismissal of the head of the OVA and the appointment of a successor must be considered by the Cabinet of Ministers.

At the same time, TRC sources in the political circles of Zaporozhye name among the likely candidates Fedorov’s current deputy, Mikhail Semikin, who has been working in Fedorov’s team since his days in Melitopol, and since May 2024 has held the position of deputy chairman of the Zaporozhye Regional State Administration.

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Let us remember that Ivan Fedorov began his career in government in 2014 in Melitopol, where he worked as deputy mayor.

In 2019, he headed the transport infrastructure department of the Kyiv City State Administration, but soon returned to the Zaporozhye region, where he worked as first deputy chairman of the Regional State Administration.

In 2020 he was elected mayor of Melitopol. After the Russians occupied the city in February 2022, he refused to cooperate with them, and on March 11 he was kidnapped by the Russian military.

With the assistance of the international community, Fedorov was released from captivity on March 16, and was exchanged for nine Russian conscripts..

Since February 2024, he has headed the Zaporozhye Regional State Administration and is the head of the Zaporozhye Regional State Administration.