Ukrainian servicemen. Archival photoSIMFEROPOL, 9 Sep. Russian troops managed to capture the Ukrainian military who took part in the counteroffensive on the Kherson region, Deputy Head of the Regional Administration Kirill Stremousov told RIA Novosti. As noted in the Russian Ministry of Defense, all these attacks are repulsed, Ukrainian troops suffer heavy losses in manpower and equipment.
"There are prisoners. I have personally seen them. These are unfortunate people whom the Kyiv regime drove into the trenches and then threw into a suicidal attack", said Stremousov.
According to him, the Ukrainian authorities do not take into account the dead and have already lost more than three thousand people since August 29. 
Nebenzya said that there was no question of any «breakthrough» of Kyiv. He added that the counter-offensive promoted in the Ukrainian media turned out to be a utopia and suicide in practice. in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called its task «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the President, the ultimate goal is the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions guaranteeing the security of Russia itself. 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. Local authorities announced plans to join Russia.
June 22, 17:18InfographicInteractive map of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine