MOSCOW - Pro-Moscow officials in Ukraine said on Thursday a decree had been issued to"nationalise" state property in the southeastern region of Zaporizhzhia.
The decree has been signed by officials installed by Moscow in the area which is partially controlled by Moscow. "The liberated region of Zaporizhzhia will nationalise the state property of Ukraine," said Vladimir Rogov, a member of the region's pro-Moscow military-civilian administration. "The corresponding decree was signed by the head of the military-civilian administration of the region," he said on messaging app Telegram.In March, Russian soldiers took control of the plant in the city of Energodar, separated by the Dnipro river from the regional capital, Zaporizhzhia, which is still under Kyiv's control.