The occupiers made Melitopol the "capital" of Zaporizhzhya region as part of the Russian Federation
In addition, the collaborator stated that Russia intends to continue hostilities in the region to take control of Zaporozhye. The city is then planned to return the status of the capital. "The Zaporizhzhya region as a subject of the Russian Federation will be the region. The functions of the capital of the region will temporarily perform Melitopol.
The key word will be temporary, because the capital of the region will be the capital of the region after release again its regional center of Zaporozhye," he said. We will remind, on September 29 the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin signed decrees on the recognition of "independence" of Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions. The Russian dictator referred to the "will of the people" on organized "referendums" on accession to Russia.