Ukrainian militaryKHERSON, April 6 is preparing provocations with the death of civilians in order to blame Russia for this, a source in the Russian law enforcement agencies in Kherson told RIA Novosti, citing his informants in the Ukrainian troops in the Nikolaev region.
"The sabotage group, which includes militants "Pioneer" and "Grandfather", real names: Klymenko Evgeny and Barannik Yaroslav, who previously worked in the Donbass, were transferred to the Nikolaev direction", — the interlocutor of the agency quoted his informant.
The task of the group, according to the informant, is sabotage and subversive activities related to the organization of shelling, mining houses and schools, which can lead to a large number of civilian casualties. According to the source, the saboteurs considered schools as their targets. The militants are apparently aiming artillery at residential areas of front-line settlements in order to further blame the Russian military, he said.Life in Kherson is returning to a peaceful course. «They have already managed to hold several similar events on the territory of the DPR,» the source said. Russian troops, during a special operation to demilitarize Ukraine, took control of the entire Kherson region in the south of the country. Later, in the Kherson region and in the south of the Zaporozhye region of Ukraine, which are under the control of the Russian military, they began to form military-civilian administrations, launched Russian television and radio broadcasts, and the population began to increasingly use Russian rubles for settlements. Russia began a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.