The occupiers created a "Cabinet of Ministers" in the Kherson region and put Russian officials in charge

Monday, 4 July 2022, 17:46

"UKRAINSKA PRAVDA" - MONDAY, 4 JULY 2022, 17:46

The occupying authorities of Kherson Oblast announced the creation of a government, appointing the vice-premier of Kaliningrad Oblast and former worker of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation Sergey Yeliseyev as the head of the puppet "Cabinet of Ministers."

Source: Russian "Kommersant"

Details: Two more positions in the occupation pseudo-government were also given to former Russian government officials.

Background:

  • On 3 July, British intelligence reported that Russia is likely to carry out a pseudo-referendum for accession in occupied Kherson to try to legitimise its control.
  • Today, the head of the joint coordination press centre of the Pivden [South] Operational Command, Nataliya Gumenyuk, denied the information of the mass media that the Ukrainian military is a kilometre away from the outskirts of Kherson.