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KHERSON, April 9 Russian flags were raised over the administration building of the city of Kherson and the administrative building opposite, reports correspondent of RIA Novosti. Kherson is currently under the control of Russian troops. the flags of Ukraine were removed from the administration building and the Russian tricolor was raised instead. Also, portraits of the so-called «heavenly hundred» were removed from the central square under the flagpole. Russia launched 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 Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.