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Ukraine's Intelligence: Ukrainian resistance can ruin Putin's plan to establish proxies in Kherson.

by The Kyiv Independent news desk April 30, 2022 11:59 AM 1 min read
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According to the Defense Ministry's Intelligence Directorate, Russian President Vladimir Putin needs to demonstrate some kind of "success" by May 9, so he will try to hold a fake "referendum" to proclaim a proxy state in Kherson. Ongoing fighting in Kherson Oblast and civil upheaval in the regional capital are set to ruin those plans.

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