The city of Kherson. Archival photoSIMFEROPOL, Aug 29Ukrainian troops are carrying out massive shelling of the Kherson region, but they are not starting a real offensive, Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the military-civil administration of the region, told RIA Novosti. «There is no progress, this is hysteria at the level of fakes The West demands specific actions, and Zelensky is not able to do something, and therefore they are shelling the civilian population. There are no offensives and there are none, «the agency's interlocutor said. The fact that Ukraine launched an offensive in many directions on the southern front, including Kherson region, Reuters reported on Monday, citing the official representative of the operational command «South» of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Natalia Gumenyuk. Russia has been conducting a military special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine since February 24. Vladimir Putin called its task «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» He emphasized that the ultimate goal of the operation is the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions guaranteeing the security of Russia. The Russian military took control of the Kherson region and the Azov part of the Zaporozhye region, occupying such large cities as Kherson, Melitopol and Berdyansk, and cutting off Ukraine from the Sea of Azov. New administrations have been formed in both regions, Russian TV channels and radio stations are broadcasting, trade and transport links with Crimea are being restored. The regions announced their plans to become part of Russia.
