4 Ukrainian regions occupied by Russia Start a referendum on Moscow
The BBC reported the first day of referendums in four Ukrainian regions occupied by Russian forces: the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, and parts of the Kherson and Zaporiz regions. Friday 23 September.
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Construction workers line up to collect votes at a polling station in Mariupol. Donetsk People’s Republic Eastern Ukraine, September 23 Construction workers line up to get their votes to vote during a referendum at a mobile polling station in Mariupol, Donetsk People’s Republic controlled by Russian-backed separatists, eastern Ukraine, Friday, September 23. , 2022 Voting began Friday in four regions of Ukraine held by Moscow on referendums to become part of Russia. (AP Photo)
Although some Ukrainians say that armed soldiers walked home to collect votes. A Ukrainian woman in the city of Anerhodar Zaporizhia told the BBC that voters had to respond verbally. And the soldiers will mark the answer on a piece of paper and collect it.
and another woman in Malta Zaporizhia told the BBC that two local collaborators, together with two Russian soldiers, arrived at their parents’ flat and gave each family one vote, no different, her father choosing “no” with Russia . and mother standing by When asked what would happen if I chose “no”, the officer replied “nothing”, but my mother was worried that the Russian side would sue the family.
The people of the Donetsk People’s Republic voted in a referendum outside the city of Sevastopol. on the Crimean peninsula Occupied by Russia since 2014 on September 23 A woman casts her vote during the first day a referendum on the unification of the Russian-controlled regions of Ukraine with Russia, in Sevastopol, Crimea September 23, 2022. Voting is taking place for residents of the self-proclaimed Donetsk (DPR) and Luhansk People’s Republics (LPR) and Russian-controlled areas of r Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Regions in Ukraine. REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak
Although there is little evidence But the presence of armed soldiers holding the vote contrasts with the fact that Russia insists that the referendum is a free or fair process.
Russian state news agency Tass said voting at home was for security. The trip to the voting unit will only take place on Tuesday, September 27, for the remaining days (Friday, September 23 – Monday, September 26) in different communities and by house
A Russian-minded Donetsk People’s Republic soldier A soldier from the Luhansk People’s Republic votes at a hospital in Luhansk, Luhansk People’s Republic, controlled by Russian-backed separatists, eastern Ukraine, Friday, September 23, 2022. Voting began on Friday in four regions held by Moscow in Ukraine on referendums to become part of Russia. (AP Photo)
while in Kherson Russian soldiers maintain ballot boxes in the center of the city in order to collect people’s votes. A local source told the BBC: There has been no public effort to support the vote. In addition to the announcement in the Russian news agency that citizens can vote in the port building, which has been unapproved for 10 years.
Another woman in the Kherson region said that She saw an armed group outside the building that was likely to organize the vote. She pretended to forget her passport. so you don’t have to vote Friends and family disagreed with the referendum. because I don’t know what life will be like after that It was hard to understand what they wanted to do.
The convoy supports the referendum in Luhansk. Eastern Ukraine, September 23. Two men pose for a photo in front of a motorcade organized to support voting in a referendum in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, Friday, September 23, 2022. Voting began on Friday in four regions of Ukraine held in Moscow. referendums to become part of Russia. (AP Photo)
Ukraine said the referendum would not change anything. And Ukrainian forces will continue to advance to liberate all territories occupied by Russian forces.
Experts say the referendum will allow Russia to claim four Ukrainian regions that are occupied or partially occupied by Russia. or in other words, this was a fake Vote to annex the territory with Russia. Seven months after Russian forces invaded Ukraine
Russia claims that the territories to be annexed by the Ukraine were attacked with weapons provided by the West. which will raise the intensity of the war But annexing territories is not internationally acceptable.
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, has described the referendum as a fraud. It identifies as a false claim that attempts to attach parts. Ukraine by using force in violation of international law The United States will never recognize the territory of Ukraine as anything other than part of Ukraine.
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