[2] His whereabouts became unknown until on 13 September 2023 the Red Cross confirmed to Kolykhaiev's son that his father's been added to the Russian list of prisoners and he was in Russia.

[citation needed] In 2006, Yurii Bokalo established the futsal club, MFC Prodexim Kherson, named after Ihor Kolykhaev's enterprise ”Prodexim.”[6] In October 2015, Ihor Kolykhaiev stood for becoming a deputy at Kherson Oblast Council in accordance with the lists of political party Petro Poroshenko Bloc.

[4][12][13] A party founded by him called "We have to live here [uk]" won 13 of the 54 seats in the Kherson City Council in the same election.

Parts of the city were damaged, and Kolykhaiev allowed volunteers to dig mass graves due to heavy civilian casualties.

Kolykhaiev pushed for his own demands of the Russian officers during the meeting, which included the Ukrainian flag flying over the administration building, tanks not being allowed into the city, and humanitarian aid / evacuations.

[22] On 21 September 2022, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Halyna Luhova as Head of the Kherson City Military Administration.

[23] On 13 September 2023, the Red Cross told Kolykhaiev's son that his father's been added to the Russian list of prisoners and he was in Russia.