A freight train in the Crimea. Archival photoSIMFEROPOL, July 21Crimea has become a large logistics hub for the liberated territories of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions of southern Ukraine, Oleg Kryuchkov, adviser to the head of Crimea on information policy, told RIA Novosti. «Crimea has become a large logistics hub for Kherson and Zaporozhye region. Food, essential goods, medicines, fuel and much more are supplied from the peninsula and in transit through it,» Kryuchkov said. According to him, Crimean doctors and teachers help colleagues from the liberated territories to switch to Russian standards, bus and freight traffic. «Crimea does not supervise the regions, but for many of the peninsula's leaders every day begins with the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, and the head of Crimea is constantly in touch with the leaders of new regions. And this is not surprising, the Crimean experience of integration into Russia is unique,» stressed Kryuchkov. 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 their plans to become subjects of Russia.
In Crimea, they said that Ukraine perceives the Russian Armed Forces as peacekeepers
