Residents of Kherson brought flowers to a photo exhibition about the events in Donbass

Raising the Banner of Victory in Kherson. Archive photoKHERSON, May 8.A photo exhibition telling about the crimes of Ukrainian troops in the Donbass opened in the center of Kherson, which was taken under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. The inhabitants of the city carried flowers and could not hold back their tears, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. «This exhibition is dedicated to the undeclared eight-year war waged by the Kyiv junta against its own citizens of Donbass. In Ukraine, some tried to call it air conditioning explosions, self-shelling and self-arson. This exhibition is aimed at something to show to those people who, perhaps, have not seen those terrible shots and do not know about them,» Irina Makhneva, head of the department of education, culture and sports of the military-civilian administration of the city of Kakhovka, told RIA Novosti. Makhneva also noted that many Those who came to the exhibition could not hold back their tears. “Most people know what happened. Some have relatives living there. And people say: “we are in Gorlovka, we are in Donetsk, and we know what is happening there,” she added. Kirill Stremousov, in turn, in a conversation with RIA Novosti urged not to be afraid of fascism and be confident in a stable and peaceful future.In Kherson, for the first time since 2014, a pensioner was able to lay flowers at the Eternal Flame»Remember that history will be written by the winners. We will write history, as our grandfathers did for centuries. No one will force us, as some say, to be pro-European. We are free people and we are the only people on planet Earth that no one has ever been able to bring to their knees,» Stremousov said. Kherson resident Sergei Moroz, in turn, told RIA Novosti that it is very important that people learn the truth about Donbass. «So that they can see what Ukraine has been doing all these years with the Donbass. Looking at these photographs, our heart bleeds, we can't calmly look at them. Killed children and women. Just overwhelmed with feelings. It is very regrettable that Ukraine did this to Donbass,» — he said. In April 2014, the Ukrainian authorities launched a military operation against the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR, which declared independence after the coup in Kyiv in February 2014. The issue of resolving the situation in Donbas was discussed, among other things, during the meetings of the contact group. However, even after the ceasefire agreements, skirmishes continued, and the DPR reported shelling residential areas with Ukrainian heavy artillery. Moscow has repeatedly stated that Kyiv did not comply with the Minsk agreements and dragged out negotiations to resolve the conflict, and against this background, equipment was transferred from NATO to the borders of the Russian Federation. In February of this year, Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv 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.