Zelenskyy dismisses Tymur Tkachenko as head of Kyiv KCMA

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed Tymur Tkachenko as head of the Kyiv City Military Administration (KCMA).

According to Censor.NET, this is stated in a decree published on the website of the Office of the President.

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"In accordance with Article 4 of the Law of Ukraine ‘On the Legal Regime of Martial Law,’ Tymur Firuddinovych TKACHENKO shall be dismissed as head of the Kyiv City Military Administration," the document reads.

Under another decree, No. 616/2026, Ruslan Yuriiovych Oliinyk was assigned to temporarily perform the duties of head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration. Before this, he served as first deputy head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration.

As a reminder, in December 2024, Zelenskyy replaced the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration. Tymur Tkachenko was appointed to replace Serhii Popko.
Tkachenko previously served as deputy minister for communities and territories development and deputy minister for strategic industries, and headed the Municipal Improvement Department of the Kyiv City State Administration. Popko had headed the Kyiv City Military Administration since October 2022.

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