Russian Guard servicemen in the Kherson region. File photoKHERSON, Apr 20The Russian military discovered the headquarters of the territorial defense unit in the Kherson school, the Russian Defense Ministry said «Russian military personnel discovered the headquarters of the territorial defense of Ukraine in the city of Kherson. This time, Ukrainian nationalists used one of the city schools to accommodate themselves,» the report says. representatives of the territorial defense used the school as a deployment point and turned it into a stronghold. The educational institution itself and the basement were filled with boxes of ammunition, weapons, as well as medicines and military equipment, the Ministry of Defense specified. It is added that the Russian military examined the premises for the presence of mines and explosive objects and removed all weapons and ammunition. Then the building was handed over to the administration. «On February 24, the Ukrainian armed forces, dressed in civilian uniforms, broke into the school. They quickly began to settle into classes, began to bring in some boxes, some things, some equipment, some big bales .. I was expelled from the school under the threat of reprisals. Apparently, they were soldiers, but they were all in civilian uniform. They opened the premises, classes, located,» said school director Tatyana Vasyunina. It is noted that when leaving the school, these people left some documents , thanks to which the Russian military managed to reach the participants in the territorial defense movement in the city. of them indicated to the Russian military the location of the cache with weapons and ammunition, which he equipped in the basement of his apartment building. Kalashnikov assault rifles and cartridges for them were stored in metal pipes that were filled with polyurethane foam so that the weapons would not become damp. Now the Russian Armed Forces control the entire Kherson region. On February 24, Russia launched a military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» more than six thousand foreign citizens
