Referendums were held in the people's republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, in the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. People have made their choice, a clear choice. And that, of course, is their right, their inalienable right, which is enshrined in the first article of the United Nations Charter, which speaks directly to the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples.
What will Vladimir Putin say? 80% of Russian citizens want the military operation to continue throughout Ukraine to eliminate once and for all the threat of NATO maneuvering in Ukraine. Let's not forget that the mobilization of part of the reservists in Russia aims to keep most of our forces for a possible conflict against NATO (status of Russian forces in the article here).
NATO continues to amass forces in the Baltic States and in Poland. Moreover, the attacks against the Nord Stream gas pipeline show that it intends to do battle.
On September 27, 2022, after five days of voting, the regions of Donbass (DPR and LPR - People's Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk), Kherson and Zaporozhye voted by an overwhelming majority for their integration into the Russian Federation.
People who were working during the four days of door-to-door voting, or who could not hear the mobile voting units go by, went to polling stations near their homes today, despite the shelling that was going on hear everywhere.
“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. »