Presidential Decree: Head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration Serhii Lysak to Head Odesa City Military Administration
The Odesa City Military Administration will be headed by the current head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration, Serhii Lysak, as President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has already signed a decree. It was reported by TSN in the United News marathon, citing sources in the Presidential Office.
Lysak is to be replaced by his first deputy Vladyslav Haivanenko, according to TSN.
Earlier, the Odesa edition of Dumskaya, citing its sources, reported that Lysak was going to be appointed head of the Odesa City Military Administration. It was also reported by Suspilne, citing sources in the Presidential Office.
Who is Serhii Lysak:
Serhii Lysak has been involved in hostilities since the first years of the war with russia. In March 2022, by presidential decree, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general. In 2014-2015 and in 2017, Lysak participated in the ATO, and from May 13, 2020, to July 19, 2022, he headed the SSU in the Zhytomyr Region. He was appointed to the post of the Head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration in February 2023.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, the Mayor of Odesa, Hennadii Trukhanov, was deprived of Ukrainian citizenship based on the materials of the Security Service of Ukraine because he holds a valid passport of the aggressor country russia.
Petition to Zelenskyy to terminate the citizenship of Ukraine of Odesa Mayor Trukhanov gained the 25,000 votes necessary for consideration in a day.
On October 13, Trukhanov, who has been the mayor of Odesa since 2014, denied having russian citizenship.
On October 14, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy instructed the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi and the head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration Oleh Kiper to consider the feasibility of creating the Odesa City Military Administration.
Trukhanov announced that he is preparing a lawsuit to the Ukrainian court and the ECHR over the deprivation of citizenship.