“We know that our future is one with Russia, the Russian Federation is here forever.

We are starting to prepare for the referendum, ”the city administration quotes her words in her Telegram channel.

Danilchenko also spoke about the visit of the First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia Sergey Kiriyenko to Melitopol.

According to her, Kiriyenko thanked the population of the region for their contribution to building a peaceful life in the Zaporozhye region.

“And we, in turn, are grateful to the Russian Federation for the help and support that they provide us,” Danilchenko said.

Earlier, the head of the military-civilian administration of the Zaporozhye region, Evgeny Balitsky, said that the first Russian passports would be issued to residents of Zaporozhye on June 12. 

Prior to this, Danilchenko, in the RT stream “Letuchka”, told how the process of issuing Russian passports in the liberated city is going on.