Russian servicemen in the Kherson region. Archival photoSIMFEROPOL, June 4 Holding a referendum in the Kherson region is not yet on the agenda, today the primary task is to return the region to a normal peaceful life, Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the military-civilian administration of the region, told RIA Novosti.< p>"The issues of paying pensions, social benefits, launching the region's economy are being resolved. The referendum is not on the agenda today", Stremousov said.
According to him, the plebiscite will be held after the region returns to normal peaceful life. «After the situation in the region is completely stabilized, we will talk about the plebiscite, on where the inhabitants of the Kherson region will choose their future,» Stremousov stressed. The Russian military took control of the Kherson region and the Azov part of the Zaporozhye region in southern Ukraine. Civil-military administrations are working in the regions, Russian TV channels and radio stations have begun broadcasting, and trade ties with Crimea are being restored. Since 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 harassment and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» that the UAF invasion attempts failed