The four states of Ukraine occupied by Russia pushed for a referendum on joining Russia. On the 26th, a woman in Berdzsk, the big city of Zaporozhye state, cast her vote on a hospital bed.

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[Central News Agency] Russia is promoting the so-called "referendum on accession to Russia" in the four major regions of Ukraine under its control.

Feng Yujun, a Chinese scholar, said that the referendum has no substantive significance in international law, and most countries will not agree with it. The Russian-Ukrainian war will continue, and the result of the referendum will not be changed.

In the Phoenix News content broadcast on the "Fenghuangwang Video" website on the evening of the 24th, Feng Yujun, director of the Center for Russian and Central Asian Studies at Fudan University, was asked to talk about the referendum promoted by Russia and the actions that Western countries will take.

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Feng Yujun said that the so-called referendum carried out by Russia in four Ukrainian states has no basis in international law, and its main goal is to provide legitimacy for Russia's occupation of Ukraine's territory to join the Russian Federation.

But not only Western countries, but also many other countries in the world will not recognize the result of the referendum, which means that it will not have any substantive significance in international law.

He said that in this case, even if the so-called referendum is passed by a large number of votes, it does not mean that the territories of several Ukrainian states will legally enter the territory of the Russian Federation.

As for the response of Western countries, Feng Yujun said that in addition to accusing Russia, the West will take various measures to help Ukraine recover its occupied territories by increasing political, economic, security, and military assistance to Ukraine.

"So, this war will continue in the future, and it will not change its outcome because of this referendum."

According to foreign reports, the regions holding the so-called referendum to join the Russian Federation include the Russian-controlled Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. ) and other 4 regions.

The five-day referendum will end tomorrow.

The areas controlled by the Russian army in these four regions account for about 15% of Ukraine's territory.

The Ukrainian army still controls part of the territory of the above-mentioned four states, including about 40% of the Donetsk region and the capital of Zaporozhye region.

Heavy fighting continued throughout the front, especially in northern Donetsk and Kherson.

The report pointed out that the Moscow authorities hoped to use this as a basis for annexation of the territory, and they did not hesitate to use various means, including rifles and action ballot boxes, to force Ukrainian citizens to vote at gunpoint.

Western leaders, including U.S. President Joe Biden, denounced it as a fake referendum in preparation for Russia to steal Ukrainian land.