The governor of Donetsk Oblast is the head of executive branch for the Donetsk Oblast. Due to the current Russo-Ukrainian War Donetsk Oblast is,since 5 March 2015,assigned as a civil–military administration. Hence the governor of Donetsk Oblast is officially called Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Civil Administration.
The governor of Odesa Oblast is the head of the executive branch of government for the Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. The office of governor is an appointed position,with officeholders being appointed by the president of Ukraine,on recommendation from the prime minister,to serve a four-year term.
The governor of Kherson Oblast is the head of executive branch for the Kherson Oblast in Ukraine.
The governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast is the head of executive branch for the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
The governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast is the head of state administration for the Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The governor of Cherkasy Oblast is the head of executive branch for the Cherkasy Oblast.
The governor of Khmelnytskyi Oblast is the head of executive branch for the Khmelnytskyi Oblast.
The governor of Ternopil Oblast is the head of executive branch for the Ternopil Oblast.
Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer who is serving as the sixth and current president of Ukraine since 2019,most notably during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine,which has been ongoing since February 2022.
Ruslan Oleksiyovych Stefanchuk is a Ukrainian politician and lawyer serving as the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada since October 2021.
Andriy Borysovych Yermak is a Ukrainian politician and former film producer who was appointed by Volodymyr Zelenskyy to serve as the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine from 11 February 2020. Yermak is also a member of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief,the highest command and control body for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He has been described as Zelensky’s right-hand man and a "real power broker" in Ukraine. In 2024,Time named Yermak to their annual list of 100 most influential people in the world.
The Shmyhal government is the current government of Ukraine,formed on 4 March 2020 and led by Denys Shmyhal,who was previously serving as Deputy Prime Minister in the Honcharuk government,and the Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.
The 2020 Ukrainian local elections took place on Sunday 25 October 2020. In the election,deputies of district councils and rural townships were elected and elections for city mayors were held. In practice this will mean that most voters had to fill out four ballots. On 15,22 and 29 November and 6 December 2020 a second round of mayoral elections was held in cities with more than 75,000 voters where no candidate gained more than 50% of the votes.
Oleksandr Oleksiiovych Pavliuk is a Ukrainian general serving as commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces from 11 February 2024 until 29 November 2024. He was a participant in the war in Donbas and the Ukrainian defense against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 14 February 2023 he was appointed First Deputy Minister of Defense.
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine,the Russian Armed Forces have launched several missile attacks over the city of Dnipro in Ukraine. These have led to dozens of fatalities and over a hundred injuries among the civilian population.
Events in the year 2023 in Ukraine.
On 6 March 2024,a Russian missile exploded in Odesa,Ukraine near a meeting between President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis,killing five people.
Yuriy Malashko,also spelled Yurii,is a Ukrainian politician who served as the Governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast from February 7,2023,to February 2,2024. Prior to this,he was the acting head of the Security Service of Ukraine's Anti-Terrorist Center.
Serhii Vasyliovych Deineko is a Ukrainian Lieutenant General who has served as the head of Ukraine's State Border Guard Service (SBGS) since June 13,2019.
