On September 20, the Kremlin -controlled puppet occupation "administrations" in the quasi -republics "L/DNR", as well as in the occupied areas of Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions synchronously declared plans to hold "referendums" about "entry" in Russia on September 23 - 27.
On September 21, Russian dictator Volodymyr Putin actually announced the further annexation of the Ukrainian territories, stating that Russia would support "the decision about its future, which will be made will with a pre -known result. Ukraine and the vast majority of Western countries have stated that the results of pseudo -referendums will not be recognized.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky also stressed that the voting and probable annexation of the Ukrainian territories will not affect the process of their release by the Armed Forces. Russian propaganda argues that at fictitious "polling stations" the likeness of "Voting" will be held on September 27, and from September 23 to September 26, the occupying "authorities" imitates the voting "in adjoining territories and according to at home.
" NV follows the main events of the first day of fictitious Russian "referendums" in four regions of Ukraine. 09:50 zero Legitimacy - Canada Foreign Minister of Canada, Canada Minister Melanie Zolie, made a sharp condemnation of "referendums" that is trying to hold the Russian Federation in the territory of Ukraine. "This fake" voting "with predetermined results will have zero legitimacy, and Canada does not recognize them. Borders will not change.
The territory of Ukraine will remain with Ukraine, ”Zoli emphasized. According to her, "the Russian war has never been related to the legitimate interests of security - it was connected with the desire of President Vladimir Putin to shift the world card through force. " He also believes that "fictitious" referendums "in Lugansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions are not democracy, but a desperate attempt to legitimize the conquest and limit the growth of Ukrainian counter -offensive.
" The head of the Canadian Foreign Ministry also called on "other countries to join the abandonment of Russian illegal attempts to steal Ukrainian lands through violence and terror. " 09:23 What look "ballots" on pseudo -rending in the quasi -deposits of "L/DNR" the imitation of ballots is printed only in Russian, while in Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions added lines in Ukrainian.
The pseudo -formations of "L/DNR" have only questions about "accession to Russia?" ", Whereas in the captured territories of Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions the wording in the illegal ballot provides three questions in one (" Do you support Ukraine, create an independent state and Accession to the Russian Federation? ").
09:10" Next reason for escalation ": the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of British urged the whole world to reject the Russian farce of" referendums "on September 22, on the eve of the start of" pseudo -referendums ", Minister of Foreign Affairs its speech at the UN Security Council in New York. “We know that Russia is going to hold fictitious referendums in the sovereign Ukrainian territory without any legal grounds.
Under the threat of violence after mass displacement of people in areas who have vast majority voted for Ukraine's independence. We know what Vladimir Putin is doing - he plans to fabricate the results of these "referendums", he plans to use it for annexation of sovereign Ukrainian territory, and he plans to use it as a further reason to escalate his aggression. I urge all countries to discard this farce and refuse to recognize any results, ”Kleverly said.
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