Peskov denied rumors about Russia's refusal to discuss the status of Kherson and Zaporozhye

Dmitry Peskov. Archival photoMOSCOW, June 7 Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, commenting on a media report about Russia's refusal to discuss the status of Zaporozhye and Kherson in negotiations with Ukraine, said that «it's all wrong, it's wrong information.» Earlier, Izvestia, citing a high-ranking source in the Russian Federation, reported that in the new agreement with Ukraine, if Kyiv still makes contact with Moscow, the status of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions will not be discussed, just as the issue is closed to Moscow with Crimea and Donbass. «No, it's all wrong. This is wrong information,» Peskov said in response to a request to comment on the media report. 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. On May 25, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the simplified admission of citizens of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions of Ukraine to Russian citizenship. Citizens are not required to hand over a Ukrainian passport, a copy of it is sufficient. After filling out the documents, they are sent to Russia for a special check, after two or three months a person can become a citizen. Kherson in July