Voting for the referendum on independence from Ukraine and joining Russia, which began last Friday, will continue until Tuesday, September 27.
Voting for the referendum is underway in Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, as well as Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.
On the first day of voting, both republics complained of shelling by Ukraine, saying shelling by the Ukrainian army west of Donetsk in Syria killed one person and a bomb hit a public square in Luhansk. Voting had to be done in shelters, while several polling centers, particularly Alchevsk and Severodontsk, were closed prematurely due to the possibility of Ukrainian attacks.
The head of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Denis Pushilin, said in his Telegram channel that the armed forces of Ukraine continue to take provocative actions, but Russia and the allied forces are in full control of the situation.
According to the report, 20 percent of the voters in the Donbas People’s Republic, 23.64 percent in the Donetsk People’s Republic, 21.97 percent in Luhansk, 15.31 percent in the Kherson region and 20.52 percent in the liberated regions of Zaporizhia. Participated in the referendum.
The voting process was monitored by international observers, especially those from America and Europe. According to Elena Kravchenko, head of the Central Election Commission of the Lugansk People’s Republic, 50 observers from European countries announced their presence in the republic. In the Donetsk People’s Republic, 129 representatives of foreign countries, especially representatives of Venezuela and South Africa, monitored the voting, along with about 550 journalists from the United Kingdom, Italy, China, Qatar, France and other countries monitored the voting process. have been.
