“Today, veterans of the Great Patriotic War, the heroes of Melitopol and the Melitopol region, in accordance with the decree of the President of the Russian Federation, began to receive a lump sum payment on Victory Day,” RIA Novosti quoted the statement as saying.

Earlier in Simferopol, they reported about the blocking of the streets in connection with the rehearsal of the Victory Parade.

Prior to this, URA.RU reported that the central streets would also be blocked in Kurgan.