SIMFEROPOL, May 29. The population of Odessa and Nikolaev regions is waiting for liberation from Ukrainian nationalists, said the deputy head the military-civilian administration of the region, Kirill Stremousov. «People are waiting for release in Nikolaev and Odessa,» Stremousov told RIA Novosti. Nikolaev and Odessa to drive away the nationalists According to him, the local population of these regions gets in touch with the authorities of Kherson and asks for help. Russia launched a 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 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. 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. of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine as of 28.05.2022InfographicView