Monument to Alexander Suvorov in Kherson. Archival photoSIMFEROPOL, June 9The Kyiv authorities are escalating the situation near the borders of the Kherson region in order to intimidate residents, Deputy Head of the region's military-civilian administration Kirill Stremousov told RIA Novosti.
"Kyiv continues targeted provocations, deliberately escalating the situation near the borders of the region and shelling the territory from distant positions in order to keep the population in constant fear", the source of the agency said.
At the same time, he stressed that the Kherson region is reliably protected, and all the statements of the Kyiv regime about the seizure of the territory is meaningless. «All their attempts will be stopped, as it has been repeatedly,» Stremousov added. The entire territory of the Kherson region is under the control and protection of the Russian Armed Forces, the deputy head of the military-civilian administration concluded. -content/uploads/2022/06/dc5641ca5b15d49da98bc5bccd2e038d.jpg» />Kiriyenko visited Zaporozhye and Kherson regionsRussian military took control of Kherson region and the Azov part of the Zaporozhye region in the south of 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 military special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin emphasized, its goal is «to protect people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» In the Kherson region, they talked about the referendum on joining Russia