View of Zaporozhye. Archival photoMOSCOW, 25 May. The Zaporozhye region will head towards joining Russia, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the military-civilian administration of the region, told RIA Novosti. he said. According to him, the region will head for integration as a full-fledged subject after the region is completely liberated from Ukrainian nationalists. Zaporozhye, Rogov stressed, has always been an advanced region of the Russian Empire. He added that more and more residents of the region are in favor of rapprochement with Russia. Bi-currency zone A dual-currency zone has been created in the liberated part of the Zaporozhye region, Rogov also said. economy of the region,» he said. In addition, according to Rogov, the International Settlement Bank has entered the region. «Software has already been set up. Settlement accounts of state enterprises and legal entities are being opened. In the coming days, the bank will also begin servicing individuals,» the official emphasized. />Donbass will not return to Ukraine, Medvedev said Plans for the Kherson region The deputy head of the military-civil administration of the Kherson region, Kirill Stremousov, also announced plans to join Russia earlier, RIA Novosti. The Kherson region does not plan to be a separate independent republic, he said. «Our main task is to be a subject within the Russian Federation,» Stremousov stressed. At the same time, the official noted that the region would not be in a hurry with a referendum on self-determination. The Russian military took Kherson region under control in mid-March. The authorities of the region have repeatedly spoken about the entry of the region into Russia. As Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov noted, this issue should be decided by the residents of the region themselves, and it should be clearly verified, have a legal justification and be legitimate, as in the case of Crimea.
Books praising SS divisions were found on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in MariupolSpecial military operationFrom 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 bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» The armed forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and have «significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine.» The main goal of the operation in the Russian defense department was called the liberation of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, on March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov 19 April announced the start of the next phase of the special operation.
