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Diana Francis editor Canadian National Post, Senior Researcher atlantic Council ...

Putin plans to hold referendums. What will it work out?

Diana Francis editor Canadian National Post, Senior Researcher atlantic Council Diane Francis: So Putin captured Crimea in 2014 - maneuver, convicted by the international community (photo: Reuters) Voting in Kherson's Teamya. Drawing on pillars or walls, suddenly appearing in Kherson, the only regional center captured by Russia in this war.

The symbol that perpetuates the memory of the missing friends of loved ones has acquired a new meaning and is a challenge for future false Putin voting in referendums on the approval of the annexation of Ukrainian lands by Russia, which are planned to be held in Kherson and other occupied regions.

Video Video of Voting in Kherson is scheduled for September 11 - the anniversary of the worst terrorist act in America - and only half of its 280,000 inhabitants remained there after occupation in March. The Russians offer $ 165 for annexation and can eventually force most citizens to do so. People there are imprisoned or shot for protesting, saying Ukrainian or refusing to use a Russian ruble, but resistance is growing.

After the killings recently, Russian soldiers prefer not to walk the streets, and last week the mayor supported by Russia was poisoned by his cook. Now, on the eve of the vote, a military battle has begun for the reconciliation of the region, and much depends on its result. Putin plans to hold referendums in four regions - Kherson, Zaporizhia, Lugansk and Donetsk in the midst of the war.

Russia's promotion in the east is stopped by Ukrainian troops, and Kyiv continues the counterattack in the south. Fighting in Zaporizhzhya attracted the greatest attention, because its nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, is controlled by 500 Russian soldiers. The fire firing has caused global anxiety as attacks can damage six reactors.