Russia Gives Clearest Indication Yet That Kherson Defense is Not Going Well
A Kremlin-installed leader of occupied Kherson announced on Monday that the region's planned referendum on joining Russia has been "paused" because of a security situation.
Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the Russian-appointed military-civilian regional administration, was cited by the Russian state-owned news agency Tass as telling state television channel Rossiya-1 that local officials are focusing on protecting Kherson residents.
"We prepared for the vote, we wanted to have a referendum in the near future, but because of all the events that have happened now, I think that for now we will pause," Stremousov said, adding that the main task at present is to "feed" and "protect" the people of Kherson.
Previously, Kremlin-installed officials had indicated that referendums on joining neighboring Russia would take place in September or October in Kherson, the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics and in the Zaporizhzhia region. The planned September referendums would have coincided with local Russian elections.
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