Girl on Victory Square in Melitopol, Zaporozhye region. Archival photoSIMFEROPOL, May 25.The Zaporozhye region returned the coat of arms of the times of the Russian Empire, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the military-civilian administration of the region, told RIA Novosti. everything that was in the times of the Russian Empire. We confidently look to the future without abandoning the past,» Rogov said. According to him, stickers of the coat of arms of Zaporozhye of 1811 have already appeared on the license plates of the region's cars over the flag of Ukraine, and instead of the signature UA ( Ukraine) — TVR (Tavricheskaya province, was part of the Russian Empire). Rogov emphasized that now the coat of arms of the region is the historical coat of arms of Zaporozhye (until 1921 Aleksandrovsk). The coat of arms in the form of a shield is divided into green and crimson fields. The upper green field depicts two guns with bayonets, the lower crimson field depicts a black bow with three arrows pointing down. Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24. Russian President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as of March 25, the Armed Forces completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. During the special operation, the Russian military took control of the Kherson region and the Azov part of the Zaporozhye region in southern Ukraine. Civil-military administrations have been formed in the regions, Russian TV channels and radio stations have begun broadcasting, and trade ties with Crimea are being restored. under the control of Kyiv
