Kherson City Council Publishes 0 Resolutions Amid Martial Law in 2024

In 2024, Kherson city and district councils published 0 resolutions of their heads. The regional council published 126 out of 323 documents.

This is evidenced by the information received by the Center for Public Investigations in response to its request.

Not a single resolution of the Kherson city mayor has been published on the city council website. The local authorities explained that due to martial law, the powers of the Kherson City Council, its executive committee and the Kherson mayor are exercised by the head of the Kherson City Military Administration Roman Mrochko, while the city council has no head.

"At present, the position of acting mayor does not exist in the Kherson City Council and its executive bodies," the response to the CPR's request reads.

The CPR noted that the latest order on the city's website is dated April 21, 2022, and concerns the transfer of sodium hypochlorite to ensure the sustainable operation of city fountains. The document was signed by Kherson Mayor Ihor Kolikhayev. As a reminder, on June 28, 2022, he arrived at one of the municipal institutions where the city executive committee employees worked and, as soon as he got out of the car, was immediately detained by armed Russian security forces. It is not known where he is now.

The head of the Kherson District Council, Valentyna Pokotylova, signed 23 orders in 2024: 17 on personnel issues, five on core activities, and one on business trips. However, 0 of them were made public. No decisions were made to not publish documents either.

Most resolutions were published on the website of the Kherson Regional Council. In total, the head of the Kherson Regional Council, Oleksandr Samoilenko, signed 323 documents over the year, 126 of which were made public, or 18.86%. As explained by the local government, it was decided that one resolution should not be made public.

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