Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration
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Russian drone strike hits residential building in Zaporizhzhia; multi-oblast attack overnight
On the night of 3–4 September, Russian forces launched a multi-oblast drone attack on Ukraine. A multi-storey residential building in Zaporizhzhia caught fire after being struck, and explosions were heard in Kharkiv. The Ukrainian Air Forces warned of additional drone threats across Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Odesa oblasts.
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Zelensky offers Zaporizhzhia OVA head Fedorov the post of Restoration Agency chief
President Volodymyr Zelensky has offered Ivan Fedorov, head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration, the position of head of the State Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development. Fedorov disclosed the offer during a report marking his 1,000 days in office and said the new role would combine heading the agency with continuing as co-chair of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Defense Council. As of reporting, no official decision on his dismissal from the OVA or his appointment to the new post had been made.
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Ukraine's military intelligence warns of disinformation campaign amid clash with SBU
On 3 September, Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) said a targeted disinformation campaign is being rolled out to discredit military intelligence and its combat units. The warning came the day after an armed shootout in Kyiv between HUR-affiliated personnel and SBU operatives linked to the detention of Stepan Kaplunov, deputy commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps, who is accused by the SBU of ties to Russia's FSB.