“This farce in the occupied territory cannot even be called an imitation of referendums,” Zelenskiy said on Tuesday in a video posted on Telegram. The US has said it will continue to support Ukraine’s attempt to retake the occupied territories which Russia plans to annex next week. The four-day-long fake referendum in the Russian-occupied regions concluded on Tuesday and as predicted, the results reported by Russian state media showed overwhelming support for joining Russia. The purported percentage of ballots opting to join Russia ranged from 87% to 99.2% in the four regions of Ukraine that Russia occupies. “In front of the eyes of the whole world, Russia is conducting an outright farce called a ‘referendum’ on the occupied territory of Ukraine,” he said.

Source: The Guardian September 28, 2022 08:55 UTC