Russians not able to siege Zaporizhzhia, decide to make another city oblast centre
The Russian occupiers and collaborators, who did not manage to besiege Zaporizhzhia Oblast but claimed it was occupied, decided that the temporarily occupied city of Melitopol will be the centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast instead of the Ukraine-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia.
Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RIA Novosti
Details: The occupiers decided that Melitopol will be the centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
This decision was "signed" by Yevgeniy Balitskiy, Russian-appointed governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The collaborators also decided that the temporarily occupied cities of Berdiansk and Enerhodar will become cities of regional significance.
Background:
On 30 September, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the annexation of temporarily occupied parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts in Ukraine.
At the same time, a big part of Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk oblasts remain under Ukraine’s control.
The city of Zaporizhzhia is an oblast centre which has always been under Ukraine’s control.
map of oblast published by the occupiers
In autumn of 2022, the Ukrainian forces liberated a part of Kherson Oblast and the city of Kherson from the occupiers.
Previously: On 30 September of 2022, the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, has signed the "agreement on the accession to Russia" of the occupied Ukrainian territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts and declared that henceforth, residents of these territories are citizens of the Russian Federation.
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