The first day of the referendum in the occupied territories to comment on the annexation to Russia

has begun today in Ukraine

, which will continue until 27 September, in which the population is asked to

in

by the Russian forces of

, including the locality of

,

and in the self-proclaimed republics of

and

.

The referendum, of course, is not recognized by Ukraine.

The referendum operations began at

.

There are

organized

, but also teams that

.

The electoral commissions arrive directly in the

of residential buildings and notify the residents

of the start of the voting, calling them to cast their vote.

The

, the Intergovernmental Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe for the Promotion of Peace, Political Dialogue, Justice and Cooperation which currently has fifty seven member countries, initially declared this referendum

: "

" he later sent 130 observers to monitor the voting operations that are being held by many parties. accused of failing to protect the freedom of expression of those who go to the polls, or that there are irregularities in subsequent counting.

Among them there would also be

This was reported by the Central Electoral Commission, according to which, in addition to Russians and Italians, observers from

,

,

and

attend the consultation .

The Russian agency Tass writes it.

Meanwhile, the self-proclaimed

sentenced

and

OSCE observer members until spring 2022, to

grounds that they were

for Ukraine and the United States.

Denis Pushilin

, the

of the DPR, the Donetsk

, also self-proclaimed,

caught by TASS while smiling and

in a polling station in Donetsk surrounded by the enthusiasm of those present.

Sergej Viktorovič Lavrov

, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, interviewed in an interview by a Russian media, on the referendums in Lugansk and Donetsk said: "

. "

However, the

this morning

the battle and the bloodshed in the places of the referendum.

In the center of Donetsk, a

area was

by bombs of which the origin is still unknown, causing numerous victims.

A bus was

.

The videos circulating on social media are terrible.

However, it is not clear who is responsible for the attack.

Russian

of continuing to bomb territories under Moscow control with Western weapons;

, explaining that the bombing is useful for Russia to blame Ukraine and to justify the "referendum" and mobilization.