“Russia will lose this vote...”
Russia has begun preparations for a referendum in occupied Luhansk, though there’s “no need for them because the occupation authorities may count however they like,” the region’s Ukrainian Governor Serhiy Haidai said in TV comments Thursday.
“The true referendum result is that more than 100,000 people have left the regional center” of Sievierodonetsk that was almost completely destroyed when Russian troops seized the city in June, he said.
“Russia has begun preparations for a referendum in occupied Luhansk, though there’s “no need for them because the occupation authorities may count however they like”
This war wouldn’t be happening now if the US was able to count votes properly.
As to Ukraine, I’m sure Russia would have welcomed the UN, or other disinterested observers...but they were boycotting, so I guess we’re stuck having to depend on the Russians to do the counting.
“more than 100,000 people have left the regional center” of Sievierodonetsk”
They can thank the Ukrainian government for wanting to fight to the last building there.