Published 2 years ago

Moscow's proxies in occupied Ukraine regions report big votes to join Russia

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According to an early count, up to 98% of voters have said yes to joining Russia in the four Moscow-occupied areas of Ukraine, Russian state-owned media outlets reported on Tuesday. The referendums, which Russian President Vladimir Putin announced along with the partial mobilisation on last Wednesday, have been blasted by the West as a sham, rigged to bolster Moscow's claims over the southern Ukrainian regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, and Donetsk and Luhansk in the east.

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BBC News

Ukraine war: Russia claims win in occupied Ukraine 'sham' referendums

Moscow-installed officials claim the so-called referendums show almost total support for joining Russia.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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News18 India

Over 96% Said to Favour Joining Russia in First Vote Results from Occupied Ukraine Regions

Russian-installed officials took ballot boxes from house to house in what Ukraine and the West said was an illegitimate, coercive exercise to create a legal pretext for Russia to annex the four regions

2 years ago·India

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CTV News

Pro-Moscow officials: 3 occupied areas vote to join Russia

Pro-Moscow officials said Tuesday that residents in three of the four occupied areas of Ukraine voted to join Russia in a Kremlin-orchestrated vote that has been dismissed by the U.S. and its Western allies as illegitimate.

2 years ago·Canada

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The Independent

Heavy fighting as Russian referendums enter last day - follow live

Nearly four million people in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia are being asked to participate in polling dismissed by Ukraine and west as sham

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

Moscow's proxies in occupied Ukraine regions report big votes to join Russia

First partial results from votes cast inside Russia on whether four Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine should be incorporated into Russia showed overwhelming majorities in favour, state news agency RIA said on Tuesday, after so-called referendums that Kyiv and the West have denounced as a sham.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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CBC News

Kremlin paves way to annexing 4 regions of Ukraine as it announces referendum results

The Kremlin paved the way Tuesday to annex part of Ukraine and escalate the war by announcing that residents of a large swath overwhelmingly supported joining with Russia in stage-managed referendums that the U.S. and its Western allies have dismissed as illegitimate.

2 years ago·Canada

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