Colonnade on Primorsky Boulevard in Odessa. Archive photoKHERSON, May 13.The Odessa police, together with the militants of the territorial defense, began to conduct raids on the homes of local residents to seize equipment capable of broadcasting Russian TV channels, a source in the Russian law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti, citing their own informant with the Ukrainian security forces. According to him, such measures are being taken against the backdrop of an increase dissatisfaction of the local population with the actions of the Kyiv authorities and a serious deterioration in the living conditions of the townspeople.
"In the Odessa region, tensions among the population are growing, local residents are less and less trusting the Kyiv regime. The military administration in Odessa is taking steps to ban the use of satellite TV capable of broadcasting Russian channels. The police and the defense are conducting raids and taking away equipment from residents to combat alternative opinions", the source said.
At the same time, «the search and detention of pro-Russian citizens continues,» he added.
Four bus routes stopped near Odessa due to lack of fuelFrom February 24, Russia has been conducting a special military operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin stressed, its goal is «to protect people who have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the armed forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. By March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The ministry called the liberation of Donbass the main goal of the operation.