View of the Dnieper River and Kherson. File photoMOSCOW, 3 Jun. Russian air defense systems went off in the sky over the outskirts of Kherson, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports. It is reported that three explosions were heard, two of them strong. No other details have been provided yet. region, but, according to the deputy head of the military-civilian administration of the region, Kirill Stremousov, they all failed. 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.» of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine as of 03.06.2022
