The City of Kyiv has a unique legal status compared to the other administrative subdivisions of Ukraine.
Kyiv city itself is divided into administrative raions (districts), which have their own units of central and local government with jurisdiction over a limited scope of affairs.
However, only Verkhovna Rada (the parliament) may create, or liquidate the raions, or change their administrative boundaries.
[10] This provision is unique, as other similar appointments of the local administration chiefs throughout Ukraine are made by the agreement of the president and the prime pinister; only in Kyiv, the mayor or council chairperson may combine their elected position with the executive position in the local State Administration.
There are State Administrations, Internal Affairs (police) Department and other executive bodies in each of Kyiv's raions.