Around 98% of people who voted at the referendums at polling stations in Russia supported DPR’s and LPR’s (Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics) accession to Russia, according to the data from election commissions.
After counting 59.30% of protocols from polling stations in Russia, 97.98% of votes are in favor of the DPR’s joining Russia. And 98.69% votes were cast in favor of the LPR’s accession to Russia (after counting 61% of protocols).
- The referendums on joining Russia kicked off in the Donetsk and the Lugansk People’s Republics and in the liberated areas of the Kherson and the Zaporozhye Regions at 08:00 a.m. Moscow Time on September 23. Voting will continue until September 27.
Source: TASS
Header: ROSTOV-ON-DON, RUSSIA SEPTEMBER 27, 2022: People are seen at a polling station in Rostov-on-Don, Russia during referendums on the accession of the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Lugansk People’s Republic and Ukraine’s Kherson Region and Zaporizhzhia Region to Russia. The referendums were held in the DPR, the LPR, and the Kherson Region and Zaporizhzhia Region of Ukraine, as well as in Russian cities from 23 to 27 September 2022. As of 1 August 2022, more than 3 million refugees had arrived in Russia from Ukraine and Donbass since February 2022, a Russian security source told TASS. Erik Romanenko/TASS