The overwhelming majority of people in the Donetsk and the Lugansk People’s Republics as well as the Zaporozhye and the Kherson Regions voted to join Russia, with the results of the referendums showing a very high turnout, TASS reports. The referendum ballots in all the four regions have been considered valid. The heads of the…
Kyiv said on September 28 that Moscow-orchestrated votes on becoming part of Russia held in four Ukrainian regions partially controlled by Moscow were “null and worthless,” and called on the West to “significantly” increase its military aid to Ukraine, RFE/RL’s Russian Service reports. Russian-backed officials earlier announced the final results, saying voters had “overwhelmingly”…
