How to change image link regularly using Notepad++?

Question

Regular Expressions

Connoisseurs, please tell me how to do the following in Notepad ++ with a regular routine:

• The link to the image from the a tag must be cut and pasted with a replacement into the img tag.
  
• Delete everything before the img tag and at the end - the closed a tag.
  

Initial data :

<a class="highslide" href="https://site.ru/uploads/posts/2019-02/1550317054_03-tablica02.png" rel="highslide" target="_blank"><img src="https://site.ru/uploads/posts/2019-02/medium/1550317054_03-tablica02.png" alt="" class="fr-dii fr-draggable"></a>

Outcome (what you want to get):

<img src="https://site.ru/uploads/posts/2019-02/1550317054_03-tablica02.png" alt="" class="fr-dii fr-draggable">

Picture for clarity , what needs to be done:

Answer 1

For example, <a [^>]*>(<img [^>]*>)</a>replace with $1