Russian occupiers want to carry out the so-called. a referendum on the creation of the “Kherson People’s Republic”; it will be accelerated and will take place not in early May, but already on April 27, – the Operational Command “South” of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Wednesday night.
“This haste in an attempt to sanction the occupying authorities indicates that the Russian occupiers, as always, ignore all laws and regulations. Proves that the opponent’s will is not interested. The script for this project has already been developed and its result is known,” the command said in a Facebook post.
Political agitation
On April 10, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army reported that in Novaya Kachovka, Kherson region in southern Ukraine, Russians were allegedly printing campaign materials for the so-called. referendum on the creation of the “Kherson People’s Republic”. In the following days, the Kyiv authorities reported that the “vote” in the Kherson region could take place in early May.
“All fake referendums in the occupied territories of Ukraine are invalid and not legally binding. No country in the world will ever recognize the forcible change of the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine. Instead, Moscow will face an even stronger international backlash that will deepen its isolation,” Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said on March 27, referring to the possible implementation of a so-called referendum on joining the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) to Russia.
Attack from multiple sides
On the border with the separatist republic of Transnistria, Ukraine is stepping up security measures to prevent the infiltration of enemy saboteurs, Sergey Bratchuk, a spokesman for the Odessa military administration, said on Thursday.
The possibility of some sabotage involving the so-called army of Transnistria and other security forces of this separatist republic in Moldova, a spokesman said in the video.
In order to prevent the penetration of sabotage groups into Ukraine, the Ukrainian side has strengthened security measures. “On the border with the territory of Moldova temporarily occupied by racists (Russians – ed.) – the so-called Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic – the warning of the possible penetration of sabotage groups of the aggressor has been strengthened,” he stressed on the Telegram website.