Ukrainian serviceman. Archive photoKHERSON, July 18 Employees of one of the Russian law enforcement agencies, with the support of the Yug riot police, discovered in Kherson a firing position set up by Ukrainian saboteurs to shell the road along which humanitarian aid convoys pass, trucks with agricultural products, as well as Russian military equipment, a source in law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti. Earlier, the agency’s interlocutor said that in the same place in the south-west of Kherson they found a cache with weapons — two Igla MANPADS, a grenade launcher, explosives, grenades and machine guns.
"The position of the firing point was chosen in such a way that a checkpoint and a section of the highway of regional significance, along which military equipment of the Russian Armed Forces, humanitarian convoys, as well as vehicles transporting agricultural products, get into the firing sector", — said source.
According to him, the firing point was equipped in the area of a gas station under construction on Olkhovaya Street in the southwest of Kherson. 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 the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and have already completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have 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. Administrations have been formed in the regions, broadcasting of Russian TV channels and radio stations has begun, and trade ties with Crimea are being restored. The regions announced plans to become subjects of Russia.
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