About 98% of citizens of the DPR and LPR spoke in Russia for joining the Russian Federation

It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the data after counting 100% of the votes.

98.69% and 97.93% of the citizens of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic, respectively, who are in the Russian Federation, voted for joining Russia.

Earlier, the election commissions of Zaporozhye and Kherson regions announced the first results of the referendum on the already counted ballots.