Checkpoint in the Kherson region. Archival photoSIMFEROPOL, May 17.The Russian army will not leave the liberated territories of southern Ukraine, the local population should not be afraid of the return of Ukrainian nationalists, said the first vice-speaker of the Crimean parliament, Yefim Fix. , offensives and upcoming attacks — another bluff. Our army will not leave the liberated territories of southern Ukraine, the goals and objectives of the special operation will be fulfilled. The safety of the inhabitants of the southern regions is guaranteed by our armed forces, «Fix told RIA Novosti. In his opinion, the number of denazified and demilitarized territories Ukraine will only increase. The Russian military, during a special operation to demilitarize Ukraine, 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 have begun broadcasting, and trade ties with Crimea are being restored. United Russia General Council Secretary Andrei Turchak said earlier that Russia has come to the Kherson region forever, there should be no doubt about this. And the head of the administration of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, stressed that the region is already an integral part of a large family — the Russian Federation. Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24. 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 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
