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Referendums/Pro-Russian Officials: Citizens voted to join Russia

2022-09-28 08:00:44Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Referendums/Pro-Russian Officials: Citizens voted to join Russia
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Moscow-appointed officials in the Russian-controlled regions of Ukraine said Tuesday that an overwhelming majority of residents voted in favor of joining Russia, after five days of voting in so-called referendums that Kiev and the West have denounced as orchestrated.

The hastily organized polls were held in four regions – Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson – which together make up about 15% of Ukraine's territory.

Luhansk authorities said 98.5% of residents had voted to join Russia, based on 69% of votes counted. In Zaporizhzhia, the figure was 92.9%, with more than 70% of the votes counted, while in Kherson the "yes" vote was over 87%, according to the head of the voting commission. The figures for Donetsk had not been released.

Inside the occupied territories, officials deployed by Russia took ballot boxes from house to house, in a move that Ukraine and the West said was an illegal and coercive exercise to create a legal pretext for Russia to annex the four regions.

President Vladimir Putin could then frame any Ukrainian attempt to retake them as an attack on Russia itself. He said last week that he was willing to use nuclear weapons to defend Russia's "territorial integrity".

Displaced people from the four regions voted in Russia, where state news agency RIA said early counts showed over 96% in favor of joining Moscow.

Ukraine has repeatedly warned that Russia's annexation of additional territories would eliminate any chance of peace talks, seven months after Russia launched its aggression against its neighbor. Kiev says Ukrainians who helped Russia organize the vote will face treason charges.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba urged the European Union to impose further economic sanctions on Russia to punish it for holding the referendums, which he said would not change Ukraine's actions on the battlefield.

 


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