Kherson Province, where Moscow has been controlled since March, established the election committee to organize a referendum on Russia's merger.

According to the Decree on July 22 of the leaders of the KHerson Military -Civil Government, a election committee was established including 7 members with a three -year term, the nominations being accepted, the provincial government.

The agency affirmed that the people of Kherson province had the right to express their opinions about the future of the locality.

Yevgeny Balitsky, leader of the Military - Civil Government of Zaporizhzhia, appointed by Russia, on July 22, also signed an order to establish an election committee to organize a referendum to join Russia.

Ukraine has not commented on the above information.

People in Kherson, southern Ukraine participated in the parade of immortal regiment on May 9.

Russia launched a special military campaign to the demilitarized and non -fascist Ukraine on February 24.

Deputy leader of Kherson Kirill Stremousov in May announced that he would send a request to bring this province into a locality entirely in the Russian Federation, but then said the locality would not organize a referendum until this until it was until it.

The Russian Foreign Minister on July 20 announced its military goal in Ukraine no longer focused on Donbass in the East, but expanded to Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and other regions.

Kherson and Zaporizhzhia are located in the north of the Crimea peninsula that Russia merged in 2014. The two provinces are in the corridor along the Azov Sea from the eastern border of Ukraine to the Crimea peninsula.

Kherson started to issue a Russian passport to a person living in the province with a simplified procedure under the decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin signed in May.

Kherson province (red), Ukraine.

Ruble's passport and circulation in control areas in Ukraine is part of the effort to help Russia create a foundation to merge these areas into the territory.

The declaration of expanding the target in war shows that Russia wants to control the maximum of Ukraine, and at the same time create a premise to merge these areas.