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Ukraine: Pro-Russian authorities in Kherson will ask to be included in Russia, says Britain

The civil-military administration imposed by the Russian forces in the region of Kherson in Ukraine announced that it will ask Russia to include it in the Russian Federation, announced today the British Ministry of Defense.

If Russia holds a referendum in Kherson on joining the Russian Federation, it is almost certain that Moscow will manipulate the results to show a clear majority in favor of leaving Ukraine.reports in its regular update via Twitter the Britain.

At the same time, the Russian news agency RIA reported today that the deputy speaker of the lower house of the Russian parliament (Duma) Anna Kuznetsova visited the Russian-occupied Kherson in Ukraine to discuss the social and health needs of the local population.

Sporadically, there have been confirmed reports of high-ranking Russian officials visiting areas where clashes have been raging since Russia invaded its neighboring country on February 24, according to Reuters and the Athenian News Agency.

Kuznetsova, deputy speaker of the Duma, discussed the provision of food as well as medical or other products needed by children, the RIA added.

“We are ready here to provide all kinds of assistance,” Kuznetsova said.

The news agency did not specify when the visit took place and Reuters was unable to confirm the news from an independent img.

Kherson is the first area in Ukraine that is likely to be annexed, following Moscow ‘s announcement in April that its forces had taken full control of it. Sporadic anti-Russian protests are taking place in this area.

Kherson, home to the port city of the same name, offers part of the land connection between the Crimean peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, and areas controlled by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.

The Kremlin has announced that it is up to the people living in the region to decide whether they want to join Russia.

Source: News Beast

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