Overview
- City council secretary Ihor Koval assumed the duties of acting mayor on Oct. 16 after the decree stripping Hennadii Trukhanov of Ukrainian citizenship.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky created an Odesa Military Administration and appointed Serhii Lysak to lead it the day after the revocation.
- The SBU says Trukhanov holds a valid Russian foreign passport issued in December 2015 and cites Russian tax records as corroboration.
- Trukhanov denies having Russian citizenship, calls the materials a falsification, and promises legal challenges in Ukrainian courts and the European Court of Human Rights.
- Investigative outlet The Insider says databases indicate Russian citizenship but argues the passport image published by the SBU is inconsistent with official records; the agency has not commented.