Veteran's dress uniform. Archival photo KHERSON, May 6. Veterans of the Great Patriotic War and persons equated to them living in the Kherson region will receive cash payments from the President of Russia by May 9, Secretary of the United Russia General Council Andrei Turchak said. Head DPR Denis Pushlin and Turchak visited Kherson on Friday, met with the head of the administration of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo. «On the eve of May 9, we congratulate veterans. We are implementing our large project» A Gift to Veterans category, will receive gifts by May 9, will receive cash payments from the President of the Russian Federation,» Turchak said. 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.» As a result of the offensive, the Russian group of troops managed to completely cut off Ukraine from the Sea of Azov, and also to connect the territories of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions controlled by the Russian Armed Forces with the DPR. In Chervonohrad, Lviv region, the Eternal Flame memorial is being dismantled
