Mayor of Enerhodar explains which state employees will be considered collaborators under occupation

Ordinary doctors, critical infrastructure workers, and public utilities who worked in the temporarily occupied territories will not be considered collaborators. About this in an interview with LIGA.net said the mayor of Enerhodar, Dmytro Orlov, who was forced to leave the occupied settlement in the spring of 2022.

"A person can be considered a collaborator if there is a court verdict. Doctors, critical infrastructure facilities, public utilities – they are protected by conventions on collaboration," he said.

According to Orlov, in the case of these people, the fact of collaboration will not be proven.

However, the mayor added that the exception to this is for executives who "actively cooperated, registered businesses, and paid taxes."

He also said that in general, Enerhodar is a "half-empty city."

"Many of those who are left work in critical infrastructure and have certain reservations from the Russian army," Orlov said.

• The Zaporizhzhia NPP and its satellite city of Enerhodar were occupied in the first days of the great invasion. Over the years, Russia has turned Europe's largest nuclear power plant into a huge military base that has already experienced complete blackouts more than 10 times. Read how dangerous the situation – read in an LIGA.net's interview with the mayor of the city.