Moscow plans to use the annexation of Ukrainian territories for them.

The occupation administrations in Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, which are subject to Moscow, are conducting such a survey in violation of international law and the UN Charter in the midst of the biggest war in Europe in recent decades.

In his address, the President of Ukraine,

, once again condemned Russia's intentions to hold fake referendums.

On September 20, in the occupied regions of eastern Ukraine and the captured Kherson region, Russian troops held so-called referendums on joining Russia.

The occupation authorities planned them for September 23-27.

In Kyiv, they have already announced that this vote will have no real consequences, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called on international partners to condemn the intention of the Russian Federation to hold "fake plebiscites" in the occupied territories.

NATO Secretary General

also believes that the international community should condemn the so-called referendums in the occupied territories of Ukraine.

A number of Western leaders condemned the Kremlin's intention to hold fake referendums.

The White House said that Russia is trying to hold so-called referendums in response to the successful counteroffensive of Ukrainian troops, and Washington does not recognize the results of such a vote.

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