Kremlin Says Residents Of Occupied Ukrainian Territories Vote Overwhelmingly To Join Russia

 

Moscow Times/AFP: Pro-Russian Officials in Ukraine Claim Victory in Annexation Votes 

Officials in four Moscow-occupied regions of Ukraine on Tuesday claimed victory in referendums for a merger with Russia amid international condemnation of sham ballots. 

The local poll body in the southern Zaporizhzhia region said 93.11 percent of voters opted for Russian annexation after all ballots were counted. It said however that this was a preliminary result.  

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News Reports From Russia

LIVE UPDATES: Voters in Lugansk, Kherson & Zaporozhye Support Accession, Early Results Show -- Sputnik 

Some 98% of voters in Russia support DPR, LPR accession to Russia -- TASS 

Local Electoral Commissions: Referenda in Kherson, Zaporozhye, DPR & LPR Recognized as Valid -- Spuntik  

DPR leader says will depart soon to sign accession agreement with Russia -- TASS  

Donbass referendum results revealed -- RT  

Over 98% LPR residents support joining Russia – election authority -- TASS  

Ukraine’s Kherson votes to join Russia -- RT 

Over 87% of Kherson residents support accession to Russia – referendum results -- TASS  

Zaporozhye region de-facto seceded from Ukraine – region’s head -- TASS  

Ukraine’s Zaporozhye decides to unite with Russia -- RT  

Based on 100% of protocols 93.11% of residents back Zaporozhye Region’s joining Russia -- TASS  

Four regions vote to join Russia: What’s next? -- RT 

 News Reports From Outside Of Russia  

Kremlin announces vote, paves way to annex part of Ukraine -- AP 

Ukraine 'sham' referendum results point to Russia annexation -- Reuters  

All four occupied areas of Ukraine vote to join Russia in 'sham' referendums -- SKY News  

Putin WINS his sham referendums! Kremlin reports residents of occupied Ukrainian territories vote overwhelmingly to join Russia after being marched to the ballot box at gunpoint -- Daily Mail  

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

Russia Declares Victory in Sham Ukraine 'Referendums' -- Bloomberg  

Russian proxies in Ukraine claim victory in annexation votes -- Al Jazeera  

Zelenskiy vows to defend Ukrainians in occupied regions as ‘referendum’ results announced -- The Guardian 

Ukraine: US, NATO condemn Kremlin-staged 'referendums' as voting ends -- DW  

Russian forces have staged illegal ‘referendums’ in Ukraine. What comes next? -- CNN