Baton. Archival photoSIMFEROPOL, May 5. Russian products appeared on the shelves of stores in the Kherson region in southern Ukraine, a humanitarian catastrophe was not allowed in the region, said the deputy chairman of the military-civilian administration of the region, head of the committee for saving the Kherson region «For peace and order» Kirill Stremousov. During a special operation to demilitarize Ukraine, the Russian military took control of the entire Kherson region in the south of the country and the Azov part of the Zaporozhye region. Civil-military administrations have been formed in the regions, Russian TV channels and radio stations have begun broadcasting, and trade ties with Crimea are being restored.»International Settlement Bank» will start working in the Kherson region»We are slowly switching to mutual settlements in rubles. High-quality products from the Russian Federation come to stores. There is open trade, all conditions have been created for entrepreneurs. We have problems with fuel and food, with bread, thanks to our fraternal republics and great Russia in general,» Stremousov said on the air of the Soloviev Live program. According to him, the Crimean authorities were among the first to support the region, thanks to which they managed to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine 24 February. Russian President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as of March 25, the Russian Armed Forces completed the main tasks of the first stage of the special operation — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was the liberation of Donbass. On April 19, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced the start of the next phase of the special operation. Volnovakha, a strategically important regional center south of Donetsk, and Mariupol, the largest city on the coast of the Sea of Azov, have been liberated in the DPR. In the LPR, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, as of March 25, 93% of the former Lugansk region, within which a republic was proclaimed in 2014, had been liberated. />The Russian flag was raised in Chernobaevka, Kherson region
