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On 24 April 2024, Regina Kharchenko assumed the position of acting mayor of Zaporizhzhia. This decision was adopted at an extraordinary session of the city council, which took place without a broadcast, video recording, or electronic voting. 38 deputies voted for the removal of the previous head, Anatoliy Kurytev, while 37 voted for Kharchenko's appointment. Anatoliy Kurytev expressed dissatisfaction, accusing Ivan Fedorov, the head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, of seizing power, and challenged his dismissal. His lawyer drew attention to the fact that the relevant initiative was registered on 23 April at 23:11.
It is worth noting that two days before her appointment to the city post, Kharchenko was removed from leading the "Servant of the People" faction. Prior to this, she was a member of the committee on communal property and land issues and worked as a lawyer at the company "Marko Product".
In May 2026, draft decision No. 205 appeared, which provided for the establishment of a bonus for Kharchenko in the amount of 5% of the executive committee's wage fund. This amounted to approximately 187,000 UAH per month, or 2.24 million UAH per year. It was also proposed to increase the length-of-service allowance from 10% to 15%. At that time, with a base salary of approximately 67,000 UAH, the official was already receiving a bonus of 170% of her salary. Following publications by journalists, the establishment of the new payment was abandoned.
According to her 2025 declaration, Kharchenko declared a salary of 1,061,213 UAH and 120,000 UAH in child benefits. She also indicated possession of 10,000 euros in cash and a one-third share in an apartment of 69 sq. m. In 2024, her income consisted of a salary of 706,986 UAH, entrepreneurial income of 284,965 UAH, 53,494 UAH from the company "Marko Product", and 140,000 UAH in child benefits.
In addition, according to "Locator-Media" data, Kharchenko purchased a Fiat 500 car for 245,000 UAH. Subsequently, she presumably sold it to Yevheniia Tsarehrodtseva, a ballet artist at the communal theatre "Actor's House", for 268,800 UAH. The price difference was 23,800 UAH.
The central element of the land disputes was the company "Land Development", which leases a plot of 3.82 hectares. The company's director is Serhiy Syl'nov, and the owners are Andriy Konovalenko (90% share) and Taras Petrenko (10% share). The company's charter capital is 8 million UAH. This structure is linked to former People's Deputy Volodymyr Kal'tsev, who, according to published data, provided Konovalenko with a loan of 3.5 million dollars.
Over seven years of operation, "Land Development" transferred 26.834 million UAH to the budget. However, after reviewing the contract, the rent for two main land plots was supposed to be 4.93 million UAH per year, taking indexation into account. Journalists, having analysed tax service data, calculated that the potential underpayment amounts to 17.1 million UAH. The largest part of this sum falls on 2025.
On 20 February 2026, the city council approved the division of land plots with a total area of 3.7178 hectares for the construction of a shopping and entertainment centre. Amendments to the decision were introduced directly before the session — at 10:26 and 10:29, and the land committee considered this issue in just two minutes.
About a third of the square's territory was planned to be handed over for development, where nearly 600 trees were cut down back in 2018. The widow of the fallen defender Denys Tarasov opposed the construction works. Meanwhile, as early as 2023, Kharchenko herself published a tax service response regarding the tenant's debt of 936,462.93 UAH and demanded a review of the rent amount.
On 21 August 2026, the court refused the public organisation "Let's Protect the Parks and Trees of Zaporizhzhia" its claim to cancel city council decision No. 18/3. Thus, the decision allowing the division of the territory remained in force.
On 28 May 2024, the police reported the exposure of a scheme to obtain 2 million UAH for facilitating the lease of communal land for a sports complex. A land management engineer was detained after receiving 25,000 dollars and was notified of suspicion. The investigation was checking the possible involvement of officials and city council deputies in this scheme.
Previously, Kharchenko called for the city administration to be cleansed of corrupt officials. Meanwhile, under her leadership, the city council adopted a decision to divide the square for future commercial development, and journalists recorded a potential underpayment by the tenant of 17.1 million UAH to the budget.
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