ODESSA, Jan. 12 – President Petro Poroshenko during a visit to Odessa region said he decided to appoint Maksym Stepanov as the new head of the Odessa Regional Administration.

"Today I have decided to appoint a person, who won the competition for occupying the post of the head of the Odessa Regional Administration, Maksym Stepanov," Poroshenko said during the introduction of the new head of the Odessa Regional Administration to the region's leaders in Odessa on Thursday afternoon.