Trukhanov has not yet filed a lawsuit against Zelensky over deprivation of citizenship

Former Odesa Mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov said that he has not yet filed a lawsuit against Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the deprivation of his Ukrainian citizenship.

He said this in an interview with Suspilne Odesa.

Hennadii Trukhanov explained that lawyers are currently trying to understand who is responsible for the deprivation of the mayor's citizenship.

"If there is a presidential decree, then I will indeed have a lawsuit against the president, and then he will probably answer and the Security Service of Ukraine, which provided him, as he said, with these materials, will also answer. There may be the Border Guard Service, as well as a commission under the president that considered or did not consider these issues," the former mayor said.

Gennadiy Trukhanov also reiterated that he does not have Russian citizenship and that his political opponent in the 2014 Odesa mayoral elections first spoke about his aggressor passport. At that time, he applied to the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Odesa and received a certificate stating that he did not have Russian citizenship. According to him, in 2015, after this issue was raised again, Trukhanov received another certificate.

Earlier, the former mayor of Odesa, Gennadiy Trukhanov, said that he had official documents confirming that he did not have Russian citizenship. According to him, he received a response on December 30, 2025.

Trukhanov noted that due to the lack of responses to inquiries to Ukrainian state bodies, his lawyers used international legal mechanisms through third countries, as diplomatic relations between Ukraine and Russia have been severed. As a result, according to the former official, he received documentary evidence of his lack of Russian citizenship.

He also appealed to President Zelensky with a request to have the documents verified and to make a fair decision.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree revoking the citizenship of Ukraine from the mayor of Odesa in October last year. On the evening of October 12, Trukhanov published a statement that he was going to be deprived of Ukrainian citizenship on the basis of his alleged Russian Federation citizenship.

Last year, more than 25,000 Ukrainians signed a petition asking for the mayor of Odesa to be deprived of Ukrainian citizenship in less than a day.

Кирило Бойко