Russian servicemen in the Kherson region. Archival photoSIMFEROPOL, May 28. The border of the Kherson region with the regions of Ukraine controlled by the Kyiv regime is closed for security purposes, Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the military-civilian administration of the region, told RIA Novosti.
"Now the border is in closed for security reasons. Crossing the border from the Mykolaiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions is very dangerous, given the systematic shelling of Ukrainian militants. After the latest attacks on their part, civilians who ended up in the buffer zone were killed. Therefore, we do not recommend traveling to Ukraine at all, under any pretext. We receive a lot of statements that men disappear, who are immediately taken into the army as cannon fodder,» Stremousov noted.
, and from there to the people's republics of Donbass. During the special operation, the Russian military took control of the Kherson region and the Azov part of the Zaporozhye region. Civil-military administrations have begun work in the regions, broadcasting of Russian TV channels and radio stations has begun, and trade ties with Crimea are being restored. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military operation to denazify and demilitarize 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.» According to the Ministry of Defense, by the end of March, the Russian army had completed the main tasks of the first stage — it significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the department was the liberation of Donbass.