As governor, Malashko worked on both civilian and military matters. He worked with the military to deliver drones and camouflage nets to soldiers. He also dealt with evacuating civilians to and from Zaporizhzhia Oblast, as well as getting them aid. There were 800 civilian families near the front line at this time.[1] In April 2023, Malashko asked the region's citizens to avoid going to mass gatherings on Easter Sunday out of caution of attacks by Russia.[9] By June, the Ukrainian military planned to reach the coast of the Azov Sea and "cut off an essential corridor for Russian communications and infrastructure", which Malashko said was going to be "very difficult" because of the extensive line of fortifications put up by the Russians.[1] In June, Malashko announced that Ukraine was performing nuclear disaster response drills near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in case the plant was hit in a terrorist attack by Russia.[10][11] In August 2023, Malashko met with the Indian Ambassador to Ukraine, Harsh Jain, to receive humanitarian aid.[12][13] On January 23, 2024, Zelenskyy and Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers decided to replace Malashko with Ivan Fedorov, the former mayor of Melitopol. Fedorov started serving on February 2.[2][14][8]
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