Ukrainian hryvnia . Archival photoMELITOPOL, June 3. In Melitopol, during an inventory of the premises of banking institutions, hryvnias of various denominations spoiled by employees of Ukrainian banks were found, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. destroy several tens of thousands of hryvnias. The total amount of damaged banknotes is about 1.5 million hryvnias (about 51 thousand dollars). Head of the city military-civilian administration of Melitopol, Galina Danilchenko, said that Ukrainian banks, before leaving Melitopol, took out the bulk of the hryvnia, and the Ukrainian side spoiled the funds that remained after the export with the help of paint. 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, completed the main tasks of the first stage — 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.
