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A woman with a child and a Russian soldier in Kherson. Archival photoSIMFEROPOL, Aug 30 Kherson region is under the protection of the Russian army, several lines have been built to protect against possible encroachments from Ukraine, Deputy Head of the Regional Administration Kirill Stremousov told RIA Novosti. «Kherson region is completely under protection of professional military from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Several defensive lines have been built. Nothing threatens Kherson and the Kherson region,» he said, commenting on the Ukrainian side's statements about the start of a counteroffensive in the southern direction. Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that Ukrainian troops suffered heavy losses , having made an unsuccessful attempt to attack in the Nikolaev and Kherson regions in three directions. During the fighting, 26 tanks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 23 infantry fighting vehicles and nine other armored vehicles were destroyed, two Su-25 attack aircraft were shot down. The enemy lost more than 560 servicemen. During the special operation, 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 plans to become part of Russia. In addition, eight years later, the North Crimean Canal was unblocked, and water is flowing back to the peninsula.