Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Anna Kuznetsova. Archival photo KHERSON, May 14. Vice Speaker of the State Duma Anna Kuznetsova visited Kherson, where she held working meetings with representatives of the city administration, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.During the visit, Kuznetsova discussed urgent humanitarian issues with the head of the military civil administration of the region Vladimir Saldo, and also visited the regional children's hospital and the regional orphanage, where humanitarian aid for children was transferred from different regions of Russia. Also, during the visit, the vice speaker laid flowers at the Eternal Flame on the Walk of Fame and at the monument to Grigory Potemkin-Tavrichesky The Russian military took control of the entire Kherson region and the Azov part of the Zaporozhye region. Civil-military administrations were formed in the regions. Thus, it was possible to completely cut off Ukraine from the Sea of Azov, as well as connect the territories of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions with the DPR. according to the Crimean scenario, since February 24, Russia has been conducting a special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to harassment and 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. The army has already completed the main task of the first stage — it significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The department called the liberation of Donbass the main goal of the operation.
