Trukhanov appoints former deputy head of Odesa regional administration as his advisor

The mayor of Odesa has appointed a new advisor on international and intermunicipal partnerships for a one-year term.

The relevant order was published by the municipality's press service.

The new advisor is Olena Zakharchenko-Netuzhylova, who served as the first deputy head of the Odesa District Military Administration in 2023-2025. Prior to that, she was the first deputy head of the Fontansky village council. She is also a co-owner of the Black Sea Riviera Housing and Construction Cooperative.

In April, Odesa Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov appointed an advisor on barrier-free space. He appointed Oleksiy Morozov, founder of the public organization "Bezbarierni" and the charity fund "Dopomoga Odeschyny".

Meanwhile, a petition asking to deprive Odesa Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov of Ukrainian citizenship was signed by more than 25,000 Ukrainians in less than a day. The author of the petition, Miroslav Otkovych, cites repeated publications in the media to claim that the mayor has Russian citizenship. Myroslav Otkovych is the soldier of the 122nd Brigade, whom the mayor asked why he was not in the trench in response to a comment about the Pushkin monument in front of the city council building on Birzhova Street.

On the evening of October 12, Gennadiy Trukhanov published a statement that he was going to be deprived of Ukrainian citizenship on the grounds of allegedly having Russian Federation citizenship.

A petition for the introduction of a city military administration in Odesa also collected the required 25,000 signatures in a week and is now awaiting the president's response.

Кирило Бойко