It is said that in the so-called referendums, they voted for the unification of Russia
NATOGeneral Secretary Jens Stoltenberg called the vote organized by Moscow a “rigging” and a “gross violation of international law”.
of Ukraine It is reported that in the so-called referendums in the parts of four provinces controlled by Moscow, they voted to join Russia. This is what Moscow has assigned to those areas officers released information. Voters “unanimously” supported the annexation, the statement emphasized.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky called the vote and the results “fake” and said that it was organized under the “barrel of a gun”. USA officials Ukraine said that new sanctions are being prepared for Russia if its territory is annexed
Voting was held from September 23 to 27 in the Moscow-occupied parts of Zaporozhye, Luhansk, Donetsk and Kherson regions. These areas of Ukraine It is 15 percent.
UkraineWestern governments, UN called the vote illegal.
Some local officials said voters were intimidated and forced to vote. Election officials Russia accompanied by their soldiers, they carried the ballot boxes from house to house.
It is said that 99.23 percent of those who went to the polls in the eastern Donetsk region voted to join Russia. Denis Pushulin, the pro-Moscow separatist leader of the region, called the result “magnificent”.
It is reported that a similar indicator is 98.42 percent in Luhansk, 93.11 percent in Zaporozhye, and 87.05 percent in Kherson.
Parliament chairman of the upper chamber Valentina Matviyenko said that President Vladimir Putin he will talk about referendums in his address to the parliament on September 30. According to him, deputies may consider annexation legislation on October 4.
Zelensky and on September 27, in his address at night, he said that “the alleged results of the pseudo-referendums were prepared in advance.” He called on every country in the world to send a clear signal against Russia’s annexation.
“People were forced to fill paper under the barrel of a machine gun for a television appearance,” – Zelensky said. He is earlier UNsaid in his message that after the vote Ukraine Russia will not be able to negotiate with.
Head of the EU’s foreign policy Joseph Borrel condemned the “illegal” annexation vote on September 28 and its “rigged” results.
“This is against the background of systematic human rights violations of Ukraine is another violation of sovereignty and territorial integrity,” – he wrote in his tweet.
NATOSecretary General of Jens Stoltenberg He called the vote organized by Moscow “rigged” and “gross violation of international law”.
Stoltenberg wrote on Twitter that he spoke with Zelensky on September 27. NATO expressed his allies’ firm support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and right to self-defense.
Voting was also held in Russia. Because since the beginning of the war at the end of February, thousands of residents of the territories occupied by Russia in Ukraine have fled. According to RIA Novosti, the vote count showed that a large majority voted for joining Russia.
USA UNwill present a resolution to the Security Council of Ukraine, calling on the member countries not to recognize any changes in Ukraine and to withdraw Russia’s troops.