[12] In 2015, she was elected to the Melitopol City Council as a member of the Opposition Bloc[11] and was appointed its secretary by Balytskyi soon thereafter.
[14] At the same time she announced that the City Council was being abolished and replaced by a "committee of people's deputies".
[12] On 13 March 2022 Iryna Venediktova, Prosecutor General of Ukraine, opened an investigation against Danilchenko for the crime of treason for attempting to set up an occupying government in Melitopol; the investigation was opened at the request of the Melitopol City Council.
[16] On the same day, Danylchenko announced that Russian TV channels would be broadcast in Melitopol, claiming that "a great deficit of trustworthy information being circulated" existed.
[16] According to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and BBC, Danylchenko does not wield power as mayor of Melitopol, and is instead a front for Yevgeny Balitsky, who she worked under prior to entering politics.