Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed an order appointing Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov Head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration. Source: the order posted on the website of the Office of the President of Ukraine; Yurii Malashko, former Head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration Quote from the order: "Ivan Fedorov shall be appointed Head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast State Administration.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has endorsed the President's decree to appoint Ivan Fedorov, the mayor of Melitopol, as the head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast State Administration in its meeting on 23 January.
Around 200 relatives of Ukrainian soldiers who had defended Mariupol and are now held in Russian captivity have gathered for a demonstration in Zaporizhzhia to draw public attention to the issue of prisoner exchanges in the hope of speeding up the return of Ukrainian prisoners of war (PoWs) to Ukraine.