The occupiers made Melitopol the "capital" of Zaporizhzhya region as part of the Russian Federation

The collaborator Volodymyr Rogov said that Russia intends to continue fighting in the region in order to seize Zaporozhye. The city is then planned to return the status of the capital. Volodymyr Rogov, the head of the occupation administration of Zaporizhzhya region, said that he was captured by the Russian military Melitopol "temporary capital" of the region after joining Russia. He reported this to the Russian edition "RIA Novosti".

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.