The Russian-occupied Kherson region is closing its borders toward areas controlled by the Ukrainian army for security purposes, the regional military-administration deputy head Kirill Stremousov told RIA News on Saturday.
"Now the border is closed for security reasons. Crossing the border from the Mykolaiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions is very dangerous, given the systematic shelling of Ukrainian militants. After the last shelling, civilians who ended up in the buffer zone died on their side," Stremousov noted.
He did, however, point out that it was still possible to move between Kherson and the Russian-occupied Crimea and Zaporizhzhia regions, as well as the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics.
