Under the local mobilization order of Russia, the reservists in the Crimea region were called up on the 27th and are ready to go to the front line to fight under the watchful eyes of relatives and friends.

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The referendum on "joining Russia" ended, and Putin announced on the 30th that the four occupied territories of Udong would be annexed into Russian territory

[Compiled by Sun Yuqing/Comprehensive Report] The four states of Ukraine controlled by the Russian army will hold a referendum on "joining Russia" starting on the 23rd and ending on the 27th.

The referendum, which has been criticized for fraud, is the first step in Russia's annexation of Ukrainian land. It is rumored that Russian President Vladimir Putin will officially announce the inclusion of these four states into the Russian Federation in his parliamentary speech on the 30th.

In addition, it is rumored that Russia intends to block the border in order to prevent men from fleeing, but Ukrainian President Zelensky criticized Russia for only delaying the defeat, and the conscripts will only be reduced to cannon fodder.

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Russian state media says 4 eastern Ukrainian states 'overwhelmingly support' entry into Russia

The Russian TASS news agency reported that the referendum turnout rates in the Ukrainian states of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporozhye were 86%, 83%, 63% and 66% respectively. %.

RIA Novosti claimed that the preliminary results of the vote count showed "overwhelming support for joining Russia". The election committee will announce the preliminary results on the evening of the 27th. As long as the four states agree to join Russia, the "National House (Duma)", the lower house of the Russian parliament, will be released. The proposal will be proposed immediately, and it will be passed on the 28th, and then it will be voted on by the "Federal House", the upper house of Congress. The legislative process may be completed on the 28th or 29th.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will then address the Congress on the 30th, at which time he will officially announce that the four states of Ukraine have become part of Russia.

These four states account for about 15% of the total area of ​​Ukraine.

However, Putin may also announce the incorporation of the four states earlier, because only two days after the 2014 referendum on Crimea's "accession to Russia", Putin signed a bill to incorporate it into the territory, before the bill was even sent to Congress.

Ukrainian presidential adviser Podoljako said that the Ukrainian side has captured hundreds of Ukrainian citizens who assisted Russia in promoting the referendum. These people may face treason charges and more than five years in prison. Those who are forced to vote will not be punished.

The EU said it would impose sanctions on those who planned the referendum.

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The Associated Press criticized that the referendum was far from being free and fair, because many residents had already fled their homes, and many of those who remained were forced to vote "yes" by the Russian army. The final result was very likely to be fraudulent.

The British Ministry of Defense warned that once these four places are included in Russia, Russia can claim that any action to retake these four places is an attack on Russia, thereby warning Ukraine and Western countries not to act rashly.

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Federal Security Council, warned again on the 27th that as long as Russia feels a high threat, it can use nuclear weapons.

He also mocked the West, saying that even if Russia did use nuclear weapons, NATO would not dare to directly intervene or retaliate against Russia.

After Putin previously signed a partial mobilization order, a large number of men in Russia have fled from service, air tickets are sold out, and long queues at border outposts are staged every day.

Tchaikov, a senior member of the Russian upper house representing Crimea, suggested that anyone who meets the age of conscription should be banned from going abroad.

Russian officials pointed out that authorities did intend to ban men from leaving the country, but the Kremlin stressed that the case had not yet been finalized.

Zelensky pointed out that the Russian mobilization order was only delaying the defeat, and that the recruited soldiers would only be reduced to cannon fodder, and again vowed that the Ukrainian army would make every effort to retake "all the territory of Ukraine", and had also drawn up plans to deal with Russia "" New Weapons" project.

Beixi No. 1 and No. 2 gas pipelines shocked Russia and Ukraine to approve each other

On the other hand, after an unknown gas leak occurred in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 natural gas pipelines built by Russia in the Baltic Sea on the 26th, an explosion occurred at the leak on the 27th. The Kremlin said that the possibility of man-made sabotage could not be ruled out.

Ukrainian presidential adviser Podoljak tweeted that the large-scale "gas leak" of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines was "nothing more than a terrorist attack planned by Russia and an act of aggression against the European Union."