| | From an area of private houses in Belaya Krinitsa in the Kherson region (pop. 1 million in the region), the Ukrainian Armed Forces artillery struck several positions of the Russian Armed Forces in order to provoke retaliatory fire on residential buildings with civilians, whom the Ukrainian [[Territorial Defense]] fighters were not letting out of the blockaded settlement by holding them as a “[[human shield]]”. A [[Norwegian]] media representatives was standing by in Belaya Krinitsa for photo ops and video of allegedly indiscriminate Russian shelling. Many Territorial Defense units consist of neo-Nazi hooligans recruited to harass and intimidate civilians, particularly Russians, Gypsies, and other non-ethnic Ukrainian groups. | | From an area of private houses in Belaya Krinitsa in the Kherson region (pop. 1 million in the region), the Ukrainian Armed Forces artillery struck several positions of the Russian Armed Forces in order to provoke retaliatory fire on residential buildings with civilians, whom the Ukrainian [[Territorial Defense]] fighters were not letting out of the blockaded settlement by holding them as a “[[human shield]]”. A [[Norwegian]] media representatives was standing by in Belaya Krinitsa for photo ops and video of allegedly indiscriminate Russian shelling. Many Territorial Defense units consist of neo-Nazi hooligans recruited to harass and intimidate civilians, particularly Russians, Gypsies, and other non-ethnic Ukrainian groups. |
| − | On May 15, 2022 Kherson authorities urged residents not to be intimidated by the [[fascist]] forces of Ukraine' security service and assured that the Russian army would protect the local population. “Do not be afraid, the Russian army will protect us, because every day, every hour, every second, at the cost of his own life, a Russian soldier protects the peace in Kherson, because we do not abandon our own,” Kirill Stremousov wrote. Stremousov stressed that for the past month and a half he has been receiving messages from the residents of Kherson that a 15,000-strong group of the Ukrainian army is concentrated near the borders of the region, which is preparing for an offensive. “I will make every effort to close the information attack of fear from Nazi [[propaganda]],” Stremousov emphasized.<ref>https://en.news-front.info/2022/05/15/kherson-authorities-urged-residents-not-to-be-afraid-of-the-ukrainian-offensive-promised-by-kyiv/</ref><ref>Stremousov was killed on November 9, 2022.</ref> | + | On May 15, 2022 Kherson authorities urged residents not to be intimidated by the [[fascist]] forces of Ukraine' security service and assured that the Russian army would protect the local population. “Do not be afraid, the Russian army will protect us, because every day, every hour, every second, at the cost of his own life, a Russian soldier protects the peace in Kherson, because we do not abandon our own,” Kirill Stremousov wrote. Stremousov stressed that for the past month and a half he has been receiving messages from the residents of Kherson that a 15,000-strong group of the Ukrainian army is concentrated near the borders of the region, which is preparing for an offensive. “I will make every effort to close the information attack of fear from Nazi [[propaganda]],” Stremousov emphasized.<ref>https://en.news-front.info/2022/05/15/kherson-authorities-urged-residents-not-to-be-afraid-of-the-ukrainian-offensive-promised-by-kyiv/</ref><ref>Stremousov was killed on November 9, 2022 reportedly in a car accident near Henichesk, the informal administrative center of the Kherson republic during the evacuation.</ref> |
| | On May 29, 2022 ''Tass'' reported on an alleged Ukrainian counteroffensive<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/4pp1CSpemaEJ/</ref> and breach of Russian defenses: "about 20 Ukrainian combat vehicles tried to wade through but were reduced to dust with 210 people…According to our data, seventy people are still on the battlefield…The success of this operation is that Mr. [[Zelensky]] and other officials keep on declaring: "We are fine, we are winning’...But this is a lie...Today’s breakthrough that involved around six types of vehicles was stopped...The Kherson region is denazified forever...It is a Russian land.”<ref>https://tass.com/economy/1457511</ref> The alleged Ukrainian "offensive" was halted at point blank range with the TOS-1A Solntsepek (''Sunburn'') thermobaric fuel air explosive multiple rocket launcher.<ref>Also known as a vacuum bomb. A fuel air explosive sucks the oxygen out of the surrounding area and generates high heat. If a target is not close enough to be burned, they are suffocated as oxygen is literally sucked out of their lungs. It is the most powerful non-nuclear conventional weapon in use which causes minimal lasting environmental damage. https://www.bitchute.com/video/hmfPCXHVaHDv/</ref> Ukraine forces continued shelling residential areas, killing civilians.<ref>https://youtu.be/YrNQi1z-nqM</ref> | | On May 29, 2022 ''Tass'' reported on an alleged Ukrainian counteroffensive<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/4pp1CSpemaEJ/</ref> and breach of Russian defenses: "about 20 Ukrainian combat vehicles tried to wade through but were reduced to dust with 210 people…According to our data, seventy people are still on the battlefield…The success of this operation is that Mr. [[Zelensky]] and other officials keep on declaring: "We are fine, we are winning’...But this is a lie...Today’s breakthrough that involved around six types of vehicles was stopped...The Kherson region is denazified forever...It is a Russian land.”<ref>https://tass.com/economy/1457511</ref> The alleged Ukrainian "offensive" was halted at point blank range with the TOS-1A Solntsepek (''Sunburn'') thermobaric fuel air explosive multiple rocket launcher.<ref>Also known as a vacuum bomb. A fuel air explosive sucks the oxygen out of the surrounding area and generates high heat. If a target is not close enough to be burned, they are suffocated as oxygen is literally sucked out of their lungs. It is the most powerful non-nuclear conventional weapon in use which causes minimal lasting environmental damage. https://www.bitchute.com/video/hmfPCXHVaHDv/</ref> Ukraine forces continued shelling residential areas, killing civilians.<ref>https://youtu.be/YrNQi1z-nqM</ref> |