In the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, the invaders began to hold the so-called “referendum” on joining Russia.
According to information head of the Luhansk OVA Sergei Gaidai, in the territories occupied by the enemy, “commissions”, accompanied by people with weapons, go to the houses of Luhansk residents. Those who do not want to open are threatened to kick the door.
“When a person puts a tick in front of “NO” in the “ballot”, it is written down in a “notebook”. You can “vote” without a passport, because “we already know you” - he said, referring to the data received from the Luhansk residents.
BUT Advisor to the Mayor of Mariupol Petr Andryushchenko said that the occupiers are placing “polling stations” in shops and cafes, and they are empty. There are no usual voting booths, all marks are put under the close supervision of people with machine guns. And in the Mangush and Nikolsky districts there is not a single “physical” site.
“The main means of coercion to vote is door-to-door rounds. A commission consisting of two people with a ballot box and ballots and two submachine gunners. They knock on the doors of apartments / houses, force the neighbors to drag people out to the commission. Premises, motives and once again coercion. In fact, they offer to say “yes” or “no” right into the muzzle of the machine” he said and added: “In fact, the “demonstrative” start of the pseudo-referendum looks very disastrous, which is not at all surprising. As a matter of urgency, the occupying authorities are driving under cameras to barely ready sites in the premises of the TsNAP of the Central District, schools No.
Recall that the Office of the President of Ukraine stated that Russian pseudo-referendums would nullify the slightest chance of ending the war through diplomacy. Criticism was also expressed at the event. In particular, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the “expression of will” in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine will not have any legitimacy and does not change the nature of Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine.
Photo from the page of Sergei Gaidai in social networks
Source: Fakty
