Ivan Fedorov

Head of Zaporizhzhia OVA

Ivan Serhiyovych Fedorov was born on August 29, 1988, in Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. He received his higher education in "management" at Tavria State Agrotechnological University and holds a master's degree from KPI, as well as an education in public administration. He began his political career as a deputy of the Melitopol City Council, and later served as deputy mayor and a deputy of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Council. He currently holds the position of head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration, having previously served as the Mayor of Melitopol.

2010

Elected as a deputy of the Melitopol City Council of the 6th convocation

2014

Appointed Deputy Mayor of Melitopol for the activities of the executive bodies of the council

2015

Elected as a deputy of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Council

2017

Awarded the Order "For Merit to Zaporizhzhia Region" of the III degree

2019

Appointed Director of the Department of Transport Infrastructure of the Kyiv City State Administration

2020

Elected Mayor of Melitopol

2022

Showed integrity by refusing to cooperate with the occupation authorities

2022

Awarded the Order "For Courage" for organizing the defense of settlements

2024

Headed the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration

2025

Actively supports the creation of "underground" schools and psychological examination of children in the region

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In occupied Zaporizhzhia, russians buy Ukrainian grain for nothing

russian occupants in Zaporizhzhia region are forcing farmers to sell grain and agricultural products to a state-owned operator at below-market prices and delaying payments for up to six months.

War in Ukraine • February 6, 02:48 PM • 21596 views

President signs decree on appointment of new head of Zaporizhzhia region

President Zelensky appointed Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov as the new head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, replacing Yuriy Malashko, who passed on his achievements to the new team.

Politics • February 4, 01:41 PM • 106004 views

Zelenskyy introduces newly appointed head of Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration Fedorov

President Zelensky introduced Ivan Fedorov, the newly appointed head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, during a meeting to discuss security and the return of the occupied territories.

War in Ukraine • February 4, 01:27 PM • 112040 views

Russians are preparing the "Zaporizhzhya Virgin" program to settle the occupied Ukrainian territories

The mayor of Melitopol said that the Russian occupiers are preparing to implement a Soviet-era plan called "Zaporizhzhia Virgin Lands" to transport residents from Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan to settle in the occupied areas of Zaporizhzhia region in order to change the ethnic composition of the population and suppress Ukrainian resistance.

War in Ukraine • February 3, 06:34 PM • 35215 views

The occupiers are strengthening the totalitarian regime in Melitopol by installing additional cameras

The russians who occupied Melitopol are building fences along the roads and installing cameras at intersections to monitor residents around the clock.

War in Ukraine • February 2, 11:37 AM • 22043 views

"Greetings for the occupiers": loud explosions reported in Tokmak - Fedorov

Explosions were heard in the city of Tokmak, Zaporizhzhya region of Ukraine.

War in Ukraine • January 31, 10:19 AM • 18541 views

Russia is changing the gene pool of Melitopol: about 100,000 touring musicians, military, guest workers and other foreigners have been brought in - Fedorov

Over the past two years of Russian occupation, Melitopol's population has grown to about 100,000 people due to an influx of Russian military, labor migrants, and other immigrants, although more than half of the original 150,000 residents have left. Mayor Ivan Fedorov said that Russia is trying to "eradicate Ukrainians" in the city and "change the gene pool of the nation.

War in Ukraine • January 30, 07:29 PM • 29603 views

In the TOT, russians confiscate property of Ukrainians who failed to return home - Fedorov

The russian federation is turning the occupied territories into ghettos where it is dangerous for Ukrainians to return home. Ivan Fedorov noted that russia allows only 10% of Ukrainians who are trying to visit relatives to pass through, while the property of the remaining 90% is promptly confiscated.

War in Ukraine • January 29, 10:44 AM • 23779 views

Fedorov: Occupants in the occupied territories have created a "Smersh"-like unit to detect resistance

The Russians created a unit in Zaporizhzhia similar to Smersh to identify resistance and "deal with" it. They have also started brainwashing children by creating a teenage unit called "Warrior" that spreads Russian propaganda.

War in Ukraine • January 28, 08:04 AM • 33274 views