He recalled that the regional center of the region, the city of Zaporozhye, is currently controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

“Zaporozhye region as a subject of the Russian Federation will be just a region.

Melitopol will temporarily perform the functions of the capital of the region.

The key word is temporarily, because after the liberation, its regional center Zaporozhye will again be the capital of the region, ”Rogov told RIA Novosti.

Earlier, the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov said that on September 30, a ceremony of signing agreements on the entry of new territories into Russia would be held in the Kremlin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions as independent territories.