Occupied Kherson's annexation by Russia as likely as joining 'Mars or Jupiter,' Ukraine says.
Russian-appointed authorities in the southern Ukraine city of Kherson announced plans Wednesday to seek annexation by Russia – and the Ukraine response was that those authorities might as well ask to join 'Mars or Jupiter."
Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the Russian regional military-civilian administration, also said that, by the end of May, a bank for converting money to Russian rubles will start operating in the region and ultimately will be integrated into the Bank of Russia. He said there were no plans to create a separate republic such as those sought in the eastern Donbas region.
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Kherson, a Black Sea port city of almost 300,000, is one of few major Ukraine cities to be under Russian control. Ukraine presidential adviser Mykhailo Podoliak dismissed the annexation plan.
"The invaders may ask to join even Mars or Jupiter," he tweeted. "The Ukrainian army will liberate Kherson, no matter what games with words they play."
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