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OVA

The OVA (Oblast Military Administration, in Ukrainian: Обласна військова адміністрація) is a body of state authority in Ukraine set up in individual oblasts during martial law and reporting directly to the President and the General Staff of the Armed Forces. It carries out the functions of both the regional state administration and the local self-government bodies for the duration of the wartime regime. Its heads are appointed by the President and exercise civil-administration, security and defence powers over the respective region.