Russian flag. Archival photoVOLCHANSK (Kharkiv region), April 27 Russian flags flutter over the city administration of Volchansk, liberated by Russian troops in the Kharkiv region, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports on Wednesday. It is noteworthy that some members of the Ukrainian police returned to serve under the new government. The situation in the city is calm, shops and utilities work in Volchansk.
In Ukraine, Russia is changing tactics, but not strategyHowever, due to the fault of the Ukrainian authorities in the city no electricity. As the correspondent of RIA Novosti reports from the scene, Russian specialists are already solving the problem with light. The replacement of flags is carried out in many cities of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, abandoned by the Ukrainian troops and passed under the control of the Russian armed forces, in particular, in Kherson, Melitopol, Berdyansk, Dneprorudny , New Kakhovka, Cossack Camps, Rozovka. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as of March 25, the main tasks of the first stage were completed — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. On April 19, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced the start of the next phase of the special operation.
