“I want to say one more time: Russia is here forever. There must be not the slightest doubt about that. There will be no return to the past, “Turčak said after a meeting with the new regional chief, Vladimir Sald.
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He, still as Volodymyr Saldo, was once the mayor of Kherson and a Ukrainian deputy, before the Russians placed him at the head of the occupied area.
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The red-marked areas would be needed by the Russians to create a land corridor to Moldova. They did not confirm the effort to create it, however, the movement of their units indicates such an intention.
There will be no occupation, Putin said
At the same time, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other members of his power system have reiterated since the start of the military invasion of Ukraine, which they call a special military operation, that they are not interested in occupying a neighboring country or overthrowing its government and self-government.
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Putin and his people talked about the need to “demilitarize” and “denacify” Ukraine, without explaining what that meant. They promised that when Russian troops fulfilled this task, they would withdraw again. A similar promise appears in Russian statements and official reports regularly; The paragraph with this information is still included in articles concerning Ukraine, such as TASS.
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However, the statements of the Russian-appointed new administrator of the Kherson region indicate that Moscow is preparing to separate the region from Ukraine, similarly to the separatist republics in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
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Help as a bribe
Turchak announced that on the eve of May 9, which celebrates Russia as the day of the Soviet army’s victory over Nazi Germany, all war veterans in the Kherson region will receive gifts as well as cash prizes from the Russian president. The United Russia will open a humanitarian center in Kherson to help supply food, medicine and other essential goods. He also intends to help export grain from the Kherson region.
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“We will help as we help the (separatist) Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics. Volunteers from United Russia will arrive in the near future, “he said.
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Russian propaganda perceived the Russian-speaking Kherson as a pro-Russian city, but to the astonishment of Russian soldiers, its inhabitants regularly demonstrated against the occupation. Ukrainian officials now claim that the Russian occupiers are trying to “process” the locals according to a scenario tested during the annexation of Crimea, including the abduction, imprisonment and torture of Ukrainian supporters.
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