A historical context to understand the referendums in Ukraine
International Network - 25 Sep 2022
Voting for joining the Russian Federation has started in four oblasts of Ukraine.
“Russian proxies from four regions – Donetsk and Lugansk in the east, and Kherson and Zaporizhia in the south – announced earlier this week their intention to hold four-day referendums starting Friday. Russia controls nearly all of two of these four regions, Lugansk and Kherson, but only a fraction of the other two, Zaporizhia and Donetsk. …
Ukrainian officials called the vote a farcical theater, as polls are being held in towns devastated by Russian forces and abandoned by most residents. …
President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Ukraine's allies for their unwavering support and said the "farce" of these "sham referendums" would not change his country's fight to oust Russia from Ukraine. »
