The Russian authorities in the occupied parts of Kherson, Zaporozhye, Donetsk and Luhansk regions have completed holding pseudo-referendums. The invaders said that each such show allegedly received from 87 to 99% of the approval of the inhabitants of Ukraine.
Russia has pre-determined and falsified approval ratings and alleged levels of voter participation in fictitious “referendums”. At the same time, they forced Ukrainians to performatively vote for annexation. This was stated by the Institute for the Study of War.
When puti annexes occupied lands
Analysts believe that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is likely to announce annexation of the occupied territories of Ukraine September 30.Completion of “referendums” is the last condition for this.
The UK Ministry of Defense said Putin is likely to make the announcement before or during a speech in both houses of the Russian parliament on Friday 30 September. Putin took a similar approach when he illegally annexed Ukrainian Crimea in 2014: a bogus “referendum” followed by a presidential decree on recognition and an accession treaty that the Russian federal assembly formally approved within five days of the bogus Crimean “referendum,” they said. Analysts.
The ISW has previously predicted that Putin will annex occupied Ukrainian territory before October 1 or shortly thereafter to allow for the mobilization of Ukrainian civilians into the Russian military in the normal fall conscription cycle .
“Results” of pseudo-referendums in Ukraine
- The so-called self-proclaimed quasi-republic of the “DNR”: for “joining composition of Russia” – 99.23% of the votes.
- The so-called self-proclaimed quasi-republic of the “LPR”: for “joining Russia” – 98.42% of the votes.
- The territory of the Zaporozhye region was occupied : for “entering becoming Russia” – 93.11% of the vote.
- The territory of the Kherson region was occupied: for “joining Russia” – 87.05% of the vote.
