The pro-Russian authorities have announced the victory in the referendum on annexation to Russia in the Lugansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions . This was reported by Tass, stating that according to the preliminary results of the count, in Lugansk the yes won with 98.52%, in Donetsk with 94.75%. In the Kherson area, where the counts have been completed, 87.05% of voters said yes to the annexation. The count was also completed in Zaporizhzhia, where 93.11% of the voters said yes.
After the vote, the media revealed, citing Russian sources, the occupied territories of Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson will become part of the new federal district of Crimea . Whose presidential representative will likely be Dmitry Rogozin , the former director general of the Russian space agency Roskosmos.
The annexation "is a crime", says Ukrainian President Zelensky: " People were forced to vote while being threatened with guns and the results were prepared well in advance."
Meanwhile, the vice-president of the Russian security council, and former president of the Federation , Dmitry Medvedev , says that Russia has "the right to use nuclear weapons , if necessary, based on nuclear doctrine". And, he adds, "it will do everything possible to prevent hostile neighbors, such as Ukraine, from purchasing nuclear weapons".
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Filorussi: "Yes to annexation in all Regions"
The pro-Russian authorities of the Lugansk, Donetsk and Kherson regions have announced victory in the referendum for annexation to Russia. This was reported by Tass stating that according to the preliminary results of the counting, in Lugansk the 'yes' won with 98.52%, in Donetsk with 94.75%. In the Kherson area, where the counts have been completed, 87.05% of voters said 'yes' to the annexation.
