In his words, the Washington administration is giving a "green light" for using US assistance to attack Crimea and "covers crimes committed by radicals against population of Donbass, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions."

Source: https://en.mehrnews.com/news/196611/Russia-to-destroy-US-tanks-NATO-equipment-if-Kyiv-gets-them

In the Zaporozhye Oblast, even in spite of the unrealized goals of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, the Russians are on the defensive.

Source: https://worldcrunch.com/focus/russia-ukraine-stalemate

Russia’s regions are currently providing direct assistance to the cities, districts and villages in the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.

Source: https://americanfreepress.net/russian-presidential-address-to-federal-assembly/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=russian-presidential-address-to-federal-assembly

The bill also covers the Ukrainian oblasts of Kherson and Zaporozhye which Russia has laid claim to despite not being in control of significant parts of these regions.

Source: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1137019/russia-sport-annexed-regions