“The Kyiv regime will never return the Kherson region under its Nazi control.
Nikolaev and Odessa will follow her path.
These are Russian cities, and they have always historically belonged to and gravitated towards Russia,” he told RIA Novosti.
Zhuravko added that the future of the southern regions lies in economic and political integration with the Russian Federation.
On the morning of May 2, the Russian Defense Ministry informed that Russian Aerospace Forces aviation hit 27 strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, killing up to 160 people and 26 units of Ukrainian armored vehicles.
Also, a weapons and ammunition depot near the village of Chervonoe, Zaporozhye region, was hit.