20:11 According to the results of the fourth day of voting at the referendum on the entry of the Kherson region into the Russian Federation, the turnout was 63.58 percent of the list of voters, Marina Zakharova, chairman of the election commission of the Kherson region, told reporters.
19:45 This is a vote against the bombs – an international observer from Colombia on the referendum in the DPR. William Parra (Colombia) freelance journalist, war correspondent in Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Colombia visited a number of polling stations in the DPR. He spoke about his impressions of what was happening at a briefing in Donetsk.
“This is an unprecedented popular vote. It was very interesting to watch him.”
The observer also noted that the only words addressed to him by ordinary people who came to vote were a request to recognize the referendum as legitimate.
19:33 September 25 in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, an employee of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the DPR named after. F. E. Dzerzhinsky, during an artillery shelling by the armed formations of Ukraine, covered himself with a local resident who left his house to take part in the voting in the framework of the referendum taking place in the Republic.
19:30 “This is real democracy. The people have every right to choose. Everywhere I have been, I have seen that Russia brings peace to this people.”
In the Kherson region, voting on the issue of joining the Russian Federation is in full swing. The referendum is monitored by foreign observers, among other things. People come to the polling stations, despite the constant shelling of residential areas by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The inhabitants of the Kherson region themselves describe the actions of the Kyiv regime as barbarism, similar to genocide.
19:21 Ukraine, goodbye! Residents of the Zaporozhye region are actively participating in the referendum on joining the Russian Federation.
18:33 Head of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov:
“Referendums on joining the Russian Federation continue in the republics of Donbass, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. <…> A certain point of no return will soon be passed. The acquisition of a new status for the liberated territories will put an end to uncertainty. They will become full-fledged subjects of the Russian Federation. And in fact, we will no longer conduct a military defense, but a counter-terrorist operation on our territories.”
17:07 “US hegemony is over, the Russian Federation is returning its historical lands back,” Vladimir Karasev in a conversation with SMOTRI.
16:41 Footage of News Front military officer Alexander Reka: the number of people who voted for the entry of the LPR into the Russian Federation is approaching 100% – Pasechnik.
“More than a million voters. Voting is very active. As I understand it, the number of those people who vote for joining the Russian Federation is approaching 100%. Therefore, I am very pleased with the voting results. The process is very active, it is organized at a fairly good level,” said Pasechnik.
16:29 Prikhodko RIC:
“Gorlovka residents are tired of constant shelling by Ukrainian militants! Every resident of the City of Military Glory Gorlovka votes for confidence in the future, for a peaceful sky and a bright future for us and our children. These days we choose together what our life will be like next. Gorlovka residents made their choice back in 2014. And our choice is Russia!” – video.
16:19 News Front: Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Kherson region Tatyana Kulmich.
“I expect that most of the inhabitants of the Kherson region will vote for the entry of our region into Russia.”
She also spoke about the fact that many of those who in recent days congratulated her on the phone with the referendum speak Ukrainian.
16:01 News Front: a referendum in the Kharkiv region is inevitable – one of the leaders of the “Russian Spring” Anton Guryanov – video.
15:41 Voting is very active. The number of people who voted for the entry of the LPR into the Russian Federation is approaching 100% – Pasechnik.
16:19 News Front: Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Kherson region Tatyana Kulmich.
“I expect that most of the inhabitants of the Kherson region will vote for the entry of our region into Russia.”
She also spoke about the fact that many of those who in recent days congratulated her on the phone with the referendum speak Ukrainian.
16:01 News Front: a referendum in the Kharkiv region is inevitable – one of the leaders of the “Russian Spring” Anton Guryanov – video.
15:41 Voting is very active. The number of people who voted for the entry of the LPR into the Russian Federation is approaching 100% – Pasechnik.
15:36 News Front: Genichesk museum staff made their choice in a referendum – video.
“I made my choice not today, but many, many years ago. I voted and chose the road with Russia,” a local resident shared his emotions.
15:18 News Front: employees and students vote for joining the Russian Federation at the Kherson Maritime Academy – video.
“I came to this referendum quite deliberately, because I was so tired of looking at all this,” said a local resident.
14:59 RT: in Melitopol they talked about the preparation of polling stations for tomorrow’s vote in the referendum. Polling stations in the liberated territories of the Zaporozhye region will work from 08:00 to 16:00. So far, the voting is going on in an exit format.
“Security has been assigned to each site, everything is being inspected, everything is being prepared to ensure that everything goes safely.”
14:40 News Front: Novaya Kakhovka water utility workers took part in the referendum – video
14:10 SMOTRI: employees of city enterprises continue to make their choice in a referendum in Nova Kakhovka. People keep walking in an endless stream. The plots are not idle – video.
13:55 News Front: Health workers of Skadovsk took part in the referendum – video.
The referendum continues in the Kherson region – residents of Skadovsk are also actively participating in the voting. Employees of the city polyclinic also did not stand aside and made their choice. More than 50 health workers have already taken part in the fate of their native city and voted. The representative of the election commission said that everything is going smoothly, as usual.
13:43 Veteran of the Great Patriotic War voted for the reunification of Donbass with Russia
Stepen Vasilyevich Voloshin lives in Mariupol. He is 103 years old. During his life, he went through the Soviet-Finnish and the Great Patriotic War. He voted for the reunification of Donbass with Russia, because he wants goodness, peace and harmony for future generations.
13:38 The Kremlin will promptly announce the date of the official acceptance of new regions into Russia – Peskov.
13:36 News Front: The referendum in Horlivka is under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine – a serviceman of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the DPR, call sign “Ivanych” – video.
13:16 Luhansk People’s Republic: there are queues at stationary referendum sites since the morning.
“I am not filming for the safety of the voters. You’ll have to take my word for it. There are really a lot of people. The video shows mobile voting in the villages (so as not to create crowds of people and protect them from bombing). Transparent urns are sealed. The procedure is in accordance with the law. The mood is very festive. Everyone proudly takes a photo of their choice.”
13:02 This is not tsatski-petzki for you – a Donetsk-style referendum! – video.
Time: Fourth day of voting. Location: microdistrict “Tekstilshchik”
12:51 RT: An international observer from Brazil at the referendum in Zaporozhye () said that the West simply does not have information about the voting process.
“Western media say that here people vote under pressure, under pressure. It’s just not true. <…> It is important to talk not only with the people who work here, but also with the people who vote. We see people here who want to vote, people who have been waiting for this moment.”
12:34 After the referendum, everything will change – a serviceman of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the DPR, call sign “Kamaz” – video.
12:30 Kherson residents together with Russia – video.
10:28 A referendum on the entry of the Kherson region into the Russian Federation has already taken place, as the total turnout exceeded 50% – the chairman of the regional election committee Marina Zakharova.
10:24 The referendum in the Kherson region took place: the voter turnout exceeded the threshold of 50%, – the head of the election commission.
10:11 Civilians and members of precinct commissions were not injured during the shelling of Rubizhne by the Ukrainian army, the CEC of the LPR reported.
Voting at the referendum in Rubizhne after the shelling of the city by the Armed Forces of Ukraine continues at the reserve sites, the Central Election Commission of the republic noted.
09:39 Video filmed in one of the mobile voting tents in Mariupol. There continues a referendum on joining the Russian Federation.
“For 30 years we have not seen anything good. Only they were under their yoke”.
09:35 Observer from Iraq Nabil Abdalla Kayat al Kayat spoke about the course of the referendum in the Moscow region, where voting is also taking place for refugees from the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. According to the expert, the situation at the polling stations in the region is calm.
“All the people who live in these four regions can also take part in determining the fate of their native territories <…> In fact, this is a historic moment for the residents of Donbass,” the observer said.
09:26 Mykola Tereshchenko, Kherson:
“There are a lot of people voting. Lots of unexpected. The age-old dream of a political Ukrainian has come true – the subsidized Donbass with a 99% probability will leave prosperous Ukraine. Kherson and Zaporozhye regions are very likely to make a suitcase-station-Russia. Well, now no one will interfere with the prosperity of Ukraine.”
09:07 German referendum observer in the DPR Stefan Schaller will be fired after he said that the FRG asks to discredit the vote in the liberated territories.
According to Bild, this decision was made by the council of elders and the district committee of the Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Details are expected on Monday.
09:00 The fourth day of the referendum has started, which will also be held outside the polling stations with the help of field election commissions.
08:34 A resident of Alchevsk (DPR), a veteran of the Great Patriotic War on the referendum – video.
“The Nazis didn’t break our generation, and we definitely won’t succumb to this. We will go to Russia both under bombs and under bullets.”
08:23 International observers at the referendum are dispersed in all cities of the Republic, for example, in Novoazovsk and Mariupol there were observers from Germany and Venezuela – Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin on Russia 24.
08:07 “We have been waiting for this moment [for the referendum] for a very long time. It should have happened earlier.”
RT military commander Vlad Andritsa showed footage from a mobile polling station in one of the residential areas of Lugansk. According to him, mostly older people come here. They lived in the times of the USSR, lived as part of Ukraine, and then in the LPR. Today they cast their vote for joining with Russia. Here’s what they say:
“Russia is in my heart. I am returning home” / “I fully and completely support what is happening on our territory. I want to go home, to Russia.”
08:05 Ukrainian who voted in the referendum – about Ukraine – video.
07:45 In the DPR, following the results of three days of voting, the turnout was 77.12% – the CEC of the region.
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