"One of the reasons for more intensive actions in the Kherson region is that Russia is preparing some type of referendum, preparing these territories for annexation.

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It is said that one of the possible dates for some type of election is September 11 - when there are local elections in the Russian Federation.

I think that Ukraine will at least try to take the regional center of Kherson," former Defense Minister Todor Tagarev told bTV

Todor Tagarev was the Minister of Defense from March 12 to May 29, 2013. Tagarev was born on April 18, 1960.

He added that there were reports of explosions in Crimea last night and that the war would continue for months.

New powerful explosions were heard in Crimea

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