Russia's state media have finished "voting" activities that pro-Russian forces have held in eastern and southern Ukraine with the aim of unilaterally annexing them to Russia. I told you that the votes "for" the transfer greatly exceeded the "against" votes.
In response, President Zelensky strongly objected that it was not justified, saying that it was ``a farce''.
From the 23rd of this month, the pro-Russian faction backed by the Putin administration of Russia has been carrying out activities that it claims to be a "referendum" aimed at unilaterally annexing the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine to Russia. did.
Russia's state media said on the 27th that the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk provinces, the southeastern Zaporizhia province, and the southern Kherson province had all completed the "vote counting" and all had votes in favor of joining Russia. It is reported that the percentage has risen from 80% to 90%, greatly exceeding "opposed".
Pro-Russian forces in each state are expected to request the Putin administration to incorporate them in response to this result.
President Zelensky calls on international community to take action
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky released a video on the 27th, saying, "The farce in the occupied territories is not even an imitation of the referendum. What are the results?" "I knew in advance whether they were going to do it. There was no need for intelligence agencies to act, and the content of this farce was leaked to the media in advance. Russia is not trying to hide it," he said, adding that the legitimacy of the I emphasized no.
``The only reasonable response is more support for Ukraine. We thank our partners for confirming their support in defense, finance, and sanctions,'' he said.
He also noted that he addressed an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council, saying, "I called on you to stop the people who are turning the world against you. You can stop now, as the last destructive step has not been taken." ' and asked the international community to take action.
UN Security Council emergency meeting on ``referendum'' activities
On the other hand, the United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting on the 27th over what it said was a ``referendum'' in Russia-controlled areas in the eastern and southern parts of Ukraine.
At the outset, UN Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo said, "It is hard to say that this was a true representation of the will of the people, as it was carried out in a conflict-ridden area under the control of Russia and outside the legal framework of Ukraine." In addition to pointing out that, there were a series of opinions criticizing Russia, mainly from Western countries.
Among them, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Thomas Greenfield, said, ``We are pointing guns at people and forcing them to vote,'' and announced that he would soon submit a resolution to the Security Council that would require the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops.