Ukraine's President Dubs East's Referendum A 'Farce' As Polls Show Nearly 90% In Key Region Support Independence -- Daily Mail
* Oleksandr Turchynov says vote is 'propaganda to cover up murders'
* Dontesk announced that 89.7 per cent of its citizens want to leave Ukraine
* Luhansk expected to announce 94 to 98 per cent vote in favour of secession
* East Ukraine's breakaway authorities now expected to declare independence
* Russian president Vladimir Putin still said to be considering his response
* National guard opened fire at polling station in Krasnoarmeisk, east Ukraine
* Two people were seen bloodied and lifeless in the attack's aftermath
* Russian reporter investigating vote fraud is kidnapped in east Ukraine
* Ukraine central government and the West have called the votes illegal
Ukraine's acting president today dismissed the east of the country's unofficial self-rule referendum as a farce inspired by Russia to destabilise his country.
Oleksander Turchynov said the polls, in which separatists declared an overwhelming vote for a split from Kiev, were 'propaganda to cover up murders, kidnappings and violence'.
Last night rebel leaders announced that 90 per cent of voters in the Russian-speaking Donetsk region supported secession from the rest of Ukraine.
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