It has been decided to hold a referendum in four regions controlled by Moscow in Ukraine for joining Russia.
According to the foreign news agency, the pro-Russian authorities in Ukraine have decided to hold a referendum today in Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhia, in which the people will express their opinion.
These four regions account for about 15 percent of Ukraine’s population. If the people vote in favor of annexation in the referendum, it will give Russia more territory to invade Ukraine.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in this regard that before the army started operations in Ukraine, we said that the fate of the people of these areas should be decided by them.
The decision of the referendum has been strongly condemned by the Presidents of the United States and France, the Secretary General of the United Nations and the European Union, among others.