KHARKIV, Ukraine — The so-called votes, which are being orchestrated in parts of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of eastern and southeastern Ukraine controlled by the Russian military, are illegal under Ukrainian and international law and, in any case, would not remotely meet basic democratic standards for free and fair elections.
But by rushing ahead to stage the current votes, Moscow has broken even its own prior standard that such votes should be held only after Russia has full military control, reflecting President Vladimir Putin’s concern that his troops face a real risk of defeat.The Kremlin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said on Friday that Russian would move swiftly to absorb the territories into Russia.
For residents, it was not entirely clear how the “voting” procedure would be carried out. The proxy authorities said that much of the voting would be house-to-house or in “public places,” in the occupied areas and in Russia.
“I was talking to one guy who said he’d stay out of the house for the next week to avoid being forced to vote,” the man said. “I said it might be better to lock yourself in.”Still, sympathies in the town are divided, as they have been since Russia began fomenting an armed separatist uprising in Luhansk and Donetsk in 2014 in response to Ukraine’s pro-European Maidan revolution.
Potentially scarier, the man said, is what may come after the vote. No one doubts that the announced result will be overwhelmingly in favor of joining Russia, but once that happens, he said he fears that he and other men in occupied Ukraine could be mobilized to fight on the side of their occupiers and against their own countrymen.
Voting at gunpoint. How will Tucker spin this?
Watch closely and follow DavidPepper, because we’re on the same track here. VoteBlue2022
Not our problem, who cares. Russia nor Ukraine are our countries so whatever.
I notice that none of the fervant keyboard warriors who support Putin on Twitter are rushing over there to volunteer.🤣
Wow, sounds like the democrat state media here. Same with accusing their opponents of being nazis.
From “show” trials to “show” elections. What’s the Ruscki term for “phony” or “bogus?”
🌹 With great prescience I am willing to guess that both Canadian and American Magat's will support this referendum and deem it to be perfectly legal, above board, and valid in its conclusion. 🤔
Internationally, not legally recognized and totally unlawful. The Neo-Czar and his cronies just extended this war and will make it last years to come, decades even. It is up to the real Russian people and the real Ukrainian people to hopefully end it. FightforUkraine FreeRussia
What a godforsaken society, did you see those women cry, their men forcibly herded onto buses to the ....front! And one man's dream: Not under attack! Moscovites untouched, only ethnics and the poor from the boondocks in that great egalitarian tradition of theirs!
Well when you kidnap and kill the Ukrainians and leave only the ethic Russians you might have an edge.
Sounds like George Bush is their president.
Says the CIA managed Washington Post.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: AP - 🏆 728. / 51 Read more »
Source: snopes - 🏆 228. / 63 Read more »
Source: KPBSnews - 🏆 240. / 63 Read more »
Source: commondreams - 🏆 530. / 51 Read more »
Source: thedailybeast - 🏆 307. / 63 Read more »
Source: WashTimes - 🏆 235. / 63 Read more »