After Ivan Fedorov was appointed head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, Fedorov was forced to answer charges of “surrendering” Melitopol.
During a press conference on February 8, 2024, journalists stated that Ivan Fedorov is often accused on social networks of allegedly surrendering Melitopol and Zaporizhia. “If today I were to go back to February 24 and answer the question whether my team and I would have done things differently than we did then, I have an absolutely accurate answer — yes. Because at that time we did not expect that the enemy would need only 8 hours to get from Crimea to Melitopol. No one expected that we would have difficulties with blowing up the bridges in Chongar and in Melitopol with three more bridges. No one expected that at 4 p.m. the last serviceman would leave the city of Melitopol, and the security forces would leave even earlier. At that time, we were inexperienced. But despite this, my team and I did not leave the city and stayed with the residents as much as we could,” said .
At the same time, journalists from the NENKA INFO publication in the article: “ Ivan Fedorov: “fake” captivity, corruption and “Russian” fortune teller. Who did the OP entrust with the protection of the Zaporizhzhia region ” cite facts from the biography of Ivan Fedorov, which may indicate Fedorov’s cooperation with the Russian occupation forces while in occupied Melitopol.
It is worth noting that Ivan Fedorov's team removed links to materials from the journalistic investigation of the NENKA INFO publication from the official's Wikipedia , as evidenced by the relevant screenshots.
