A little kelsson boy
"Adding to the Russian Federation is the only way out and hope for the Kelsson people. We will never want to be controlled by Ukraine again." , facing the camera of the Russian Satellite News Agency reporter, the spokesperson of the Provisional Government of Kelsson Prefecture expressed without hesitation that Kelsson Prefecture's strong idea of "entering Russia" and its disgust for the current Ukrainian government.
Ukraine and Moldova map
Just as the Russian-Ukraine war had faded out of the international community, Khlsong Prefecture in southern Ukraine made another big news. Since the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in 2014 to the war between Russia and Ukraine this year, Ukraine's Crimea , Lugansk Oblast , Donetsk Oblast , and Khlsong Oblast have been completely occupied by Russia. At present, Luhansk Oblast and Donetsk Oblast are under informal independence, while Khlsong Oblast clearly stated that it would follow the example of Crimea, which entered Russia in 2014, and directly join the Russian Federation.
Donetsks celebrated the arrival of the Russian army
In 2014, Ukraine broke out in orange revolution , pro-Russian president Yanukovych was overthrown by pro-Europeans and went into exile in Russia. The pro-European Poroshenko came to power, preparing to cancel the autonomous status of Crimea Autonomous Republic , and sent troops to attack Donbas , touching Russia's cake. So, while supporting the East Ukrainian militia against the Ukrainian government forces, Russia sent troops to Crimea and planned a Crimea referendum. In the end, Crimea joined Russia with a 97% support rate.
Former Crimea prosecutor Natalia, the host of Crimea's entry into Russia, is now a member of the Russian Duma parliament, with the rank of major general
Now, Khlsong, who borders Crimea, also chose to referendum to Russia. Once successful, Ukraine will lose 's largest agricultural export base . Although Khlsong, known as the "Ukrainian Bread Basket" , is not as wealthy as Crimea and Donbass, if Khlsong is lost, Ukraine will be in a very dangerous situation, that is, all state-level administrative units in Ukraine can choose "referendum to Russia" . In this way, Russia can legally "dismember" Ukraine.
In 2014, after the Russian army entered Crimea, it did not make any mistakes with the local residents. It shopped in grocery stores together with
Khersong Oblast, with an area of about 28,000 square kilometers and a population of about 1.04 million. The population of Russian ethnic group accounts for about 15%. The main economic pillar is commodity agriculture. The state is Ukraine's largest agricultural product import and export base. Due to its proximity to Crimea, the entire territory was occupied by the Russian army in the first week since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war and is currently under actual control by Russia.
Khlsong Prefecture welcomes the Russian army to
lost Crimea, Donetsk, and Mariupol . Now Khlsong is also lost, Azov has completely become the inland sea of Russia. If Khlsson can be incorporated into the Russian Federation in a solid manner, Crimea will rest assured from now on, and Russia will also rule the entire Black Sea . In this wave, Ukraine will lose even its underwear.
The red part is the Russian control area
Russia's bottom line is very clear, Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk . In fact, this war was first initiated by Kiev . After , after Russia warned, the Ukrainian army not only did not stop fire, but also bombed the East Ukrainian region indiscriminately. What is the point of hitting children? If you fight with adults, just your Ukrainian family background, won’t I fight you like playing? So the Russian army came to the scene directly.
Ukrainian female soldiers took selfies on the battlefield
At the beginning, Khlsong Prefecture also wanted to establish a pro-Russian republic through a referendum like Lugansk and Donetsk. However, after consideration, Russia felt that Khlsong's situation was related to Crimea, so it decided to imitate the "Crimean model" and grant Khlsong's Provisional Government the right to "join Russia" . This move will inevitably make the international community nervous again.
Russian armored forces and Donetsk militias entered Khlsong together with Khlsong
Khlsong Oblast seemed to be a dowry for Crimea. With it, the security of Crimea on land was guaranteed, and the Russian Black Sea Fleet could travel freely in the Black Sea from then on, and even had a portal to enter Mediterranean .
Since eating Crimea in 2014, Russia has been for gains and losses . In order to ensure the supply of materials in Crimea and the mobilization of the Russian army, Russia made its greatest efforts. It took only three and a half years to build a 19-kilometer-long " Crimea Bridge " on the Kerch Strait between Crimea and Russia, spending as much as 3.2 billion US dollars. It is called the "Bridge of the Century" . It is really a "nature barrier turns into smooth roads."
Crimea Bridge
Now, after taking Khlsong, Russia can finally put its heart back on its stomach, and Crimea can no longer be lost. From then on, Russia can retreat and defend and attack. With Khlsong in , Ukraine's south is within easy reach for Russia.
Putin personally drove the truck through the Crimea Bridge
However, Khlsson's situation is different from the Russian population and Donbas, where the Russian population is the main one. Khlsson's Russian population is only 15%, and the other 80% are Ukrainian . Although the Ukrainian government forces are unable to recover the place, once these Ukrainian cannot be assimilated, it will also become a headache for Russia.
Khersong Wheat Field
After occupying Khersong, Russia began to implement a policy of russification in the local area, but it aroused great dissatisfaction among the Ukrainians in Khersong Prefecture. They threw the Russian flag on the ground and openly burned Putin's portrait. But Russia is not easy to mess with. It soon announced in Khlsong Prefecture that it would use rubles to replace Ukrainian currency. Some stubborn Ukrainian residents would rather exchange the US dollar and euro, which is much higher than the ruble than the ruble, which is a headache for the Khlsong Provisional Government.
Herson Ukrainian tribe
It is easy to conquer the country, but it is difficult to defend the country. There is no turning back when the bow is drawn. From the moment Russia decides to launch a military force against Ukraine, there is no way back. In this way, unless Ukraine successfully counterattacks or completely announces that it will not oppose Russia from now on, it should be a foregone conclusion that Khlsson joins Russia in .
But after all, 80% of the Ukrainian population in the local area are not fun. Yesterday, they were still Ukrainians, speaking Ukrainian , using Ukrainian currency, watching Ukrainian TV programs, and today they became "Russians". No matter what, it is difficult to accept in terms of culture, psychology or national identity.
A Russian father of Donetsk bid farewell to his daughter and went to the front line to fight with the Ukrainian government forces
If Russia wants to completely "tamed" this beast, it must be a big deal. At that time, it must invest a lot of economic support and carry out large-scale infrastructure construction in Khlsson, and incorporate Khlsson into Russia's territory from an economic perspective, but no matter how you calculate it, it may not be cost-effective. Since Crimea entered Russia for eight years, Russia's fiscal burden has increased by about 12%. Now many regions in southeastern Ukraine have also been acquired by Russia. This battle is not cheap for Russia.
In order to maintain the stability of economic and social order, Russia almost unilaterally transfusions to Crimea and Donbas. In 2014, Crimea's per capita annual income was less than US$1,400, ranking at the bottom of Russia; and now, Crimea's per capita annual income exceeds US$6,000. Although it is still only 80% of the Russian average, it is much better than Ukraine. I believe Khlsson will see this.
A Khlsong peasant woman
Of course, no matter what, there is also Ukraine that can be more troublesome than Russia.
