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1629 days back
KIIS poll: 42% of Ukrainians support security guarantees for Ukraine from countries such as the US, UK, France, Germany as an alternative to joining NATO. 39% of Ukrainians are exclusively in favor of joining NATO
1629 days back
Meduza: According to sources close to the Russian presidential administration, Putin has not abandoned the idea of holding "referendums" on the inclusion of the occupied Donbass and the Kherson region into the Russian Federation. When exactly depends on the situation at the front. The most realistic date is September 11
1630 days back
A new deputy group "Restoration of Ukraine" has been created in the Verkhovna Rada. It included 17 people's deputies: former members of the Opposition Platform for Life faction and several deputies from the Servant of the People. Co-chairs Igor Abramovich (elected on the list from the Opposition Platform for Life) and Maxim Yefimov (majority voter from Kramatorsk)
1630 days back
Mayor of Kherson Igor Kolykhaev: I can assume that more substantive discussions about the referendum will begin closer to December 2022. If by that time the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not take decisive steps and actions towards the liberation of the Kherson region, then, indeed, it may be too late
1631 days back
Leonid Slutsky, a member of the negotiating delegation, actually confirmed the plans to hold "referendums" in the L/DNR: "There will be "significant events" here in the coming months. The population of the "DNR" and "LNR" will express their position, as earlier in the Crimea and Sevastopol, as they themselves consider how to live on. This is their own position, not Kyiv's."
1632 days back
Collaborator Kirill Stremousov: “I won’t tell you that there will be a referendum. We don’t want to be examples of the creation of republics, because in fact we are, I emphasize, the Kherson region and the Kherson region will become part of Russia, as a full-fledged subject of the Russian Federation”
1636 days back
Press service of the Zaporizhzhya Regional Military District: The occupiers were instructed to prepare Energodar for a "referendum". The Russians want to create an informational picture, allegedly the residents of the city express their desire to join Russia, but in fact, finally connect the Zaporizhzhya NPP to Rosatom
1636 days back
Advisor to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Vadim Denisenko: It seems that the Kremlin has decided to postpone the issues of referendums in the occupied territories for several months. They can be held on September 11, but this is a conditional date and, perhaps, symbolic for Russians
1638 days back
The mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, reports that the Russian invaders are preparing to hold a pseudo-referendum: "The invaders are trying to restore the register of those people who remained in Melitopol today and use it. Apparently, unfortunately, they are preparing for some kind of "referendum"
1639 days back
Ukrainian intelligence: A pseudo-referendum in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, in particular in Kherson, Mariupol and other occupied cities, can be held by the Russian Federation on September 11 - the single voting day in the Russian Federation
1639 days back
The occupation authorities of the "DPR" intend to hold a referendum on the entry of the entire Donetsk region into the Russian Federation immediately after its complete occupation. This follows from the statement of Vladislav Berdichsky, who calls himself a "deputy of the people's council"
1639 days back
British Ministry of Defense: "If Russia holds a referendum on the inclusion of the Kherson region into the Russian Federation, it will surely fabricate the results in its favor, but the inhabitants of the region will continue to demonstrate their rejection of the Russian occupation"
1639 days back
Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova: "The Russian invaders are preparing to hold a so-called "referendum" on the annexation of Mariupol as part of a self-proclaimed pseudo-state on the territory of ORDLO to the Russian Federation. The occupiers name May 15 as a possible date for the "referendum"
1640 days back
EU Mission to OSCE: Any attempts by Russia to hold so-called "referendums" in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine with the aim of declaring new "people's republics" or joining the Russian Federation are illegal and will not be recognized - Ukrinform reports
1640 days back
Russian occupiers can hold a "referendum on joining Russia" in the temporarily occupied Mariupol. They strive to do this as soon as possible and will announce it as early as May 15th. It is reported by the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Petr Andryushchenko
1641 days back
59% of Ukrainians would vote in a referendum for joining NATO, 14% - against. 80% of Ukrainians support Ukraine's accession to the EU, 2% - to the Customs Union - poll of the International Republican Institute (IRI) in early April
1641 days back
Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that the future of the Kherson region should be decided by local residents. Thus, he commented on the intention of the collaborators to apply to the President of the Russian Federation with a request to join the region to Russia
1641 days back
Kherson collaborator and Gauleiter Kirill Stremousov appointed by the Russian occupiers ruled out holding a pseudo-referendum and creating KhNR. He is going to appeal to Putin with a request to annex the entire Kherson region to Russia
1642 days back
After a long illness, the first President of Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuk, died. Recall that he was elected president in 1991, and lost to Leonid Kuchma in early elections in 1994. In the last years of his life, Leonid Kravchuk was the chairman of the TCG for resolving the situation in Donbas
1643 days back
European Commission: 66% of EU citizens agree that Ukraine should become a member of the EU. 71% believe that Ukraine is already part of the "European family". Most of all, residents of Portugal want to see Ukraine as an EU member (87%), least of all - Austria, Greece and Serbia (54%)
1644 days back
Adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Vadim Denisenko believes that on May 9, Putin can indirectly or directly announce the annexation of Donbass to Russia and the holding of a referendum in the Kherson region - Strana.ua
1645 days back
Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Presidential Office: The invaders will not be able to hold "referendums" in the occupied territories. None of this will happen, except for one thing - an increase in the number of destroyed invaders. Kherson, Zaporozhye, Donetsk, Luhansk regions - this is Ukraine
1649 days back
Deputy Chairman of the Kherson Regional Council Yuriy Sobolevsky: The occupation authorities of the Russian Federation in the Kherson region will not be able to hold a "referendum" on the creation of the "Kherson People's Republic", because they do not have "extras". They have no support either from the population or from local government
1649 days back
The Verkhovna Rada banned the activities of pro-Russian parties in Ukraine (draft law No. 7172). 330 people's deputies voted for, including 17 ex-people's deputies from the Opposition Platform for Life
1649 days back
Volodymyr Zelensky, in an interview with Al Arabiya, confirmed that any decision on the neutrality of Ukraine will be submitted to a "referendum in which all the people will take part"
1650 days back
US Ambassador to OSCE Michael Carpenter: The United States has information about Russia's intentions to hold referendums on the creation of the so-called "Kherson People's Republic", as well as the annexation of temporarily occupied territories in eastern Ukraine to Russia in mid-May
1651 days back
1652 days back
Why have collaborators in Kherson been dispersing the fake that they "were not going to hold a referendum" since yesterday? Very simple. They failed to organize this referendum - Chairman of the Kherson organization of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine Dementiy Beliy
1654 days back
Volodymyr Zelensky: There can be many Russian pseudo-ferendums. Ukraine will not recognize them anyway. The main thing is that, together with Ukraine, the entire civilized world will not recognize them. It will do nothing but add another layer of complexity to any negotiation.
1629 days back
KIIS poll: 42% of Ukrainians support security guarantees for Ukraine from countries such as the US, UK, France, Germany as an alternative to joining NATO. 39% of Ukrainians are exclusively in favor of joining NATO
1629 days back
Meduza: According to sources close to the Russian presidential administration, Putin has not abandoned the idea of holding "referendums" on the inclusion of the occupied Donbass and the Kherson region into the Russian Federation. When exactly depends on the situation at the front. The most realistic date is September 11
1630 days back
A new deputy group "Restoration of Ukraine" has been created in the Verkhovna Rada. It included 17 people's deputies: former members of the Opposition Platform for Life faction and several deputies from the Servant of the People. Co-chairs Igor Abramovich (elected on the list from the Opposition Platform for Life) and Maxim Yefimov (majority voter from Kramatorsk)
1630 days back
Mayor of Kherson Igor Kolykhaev: I can assume that more substantive discussions about the referendum will begin closer to December 2022. If by that time the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not take decisive steps and actions towards the liberation of the Kherson region, then, indeed, it may be too late
1631 days back
Leonid Slutsky, a member of the negotiating delegation, actually confirmed the plans to hold "referendums" in the L/DNR: "There will be "significant events" here in the coming months. The population of the "DNR" and "LNR" will express their position, as earlier in the Crimea and Sevastopol, as they themselves consider how to live on. This is their own position, not Kyiv's."
1632 days back
Collaborator Kirill Stremousov: “I won’t tell you that there will be a referendum. We don’t want to be examples of the creation of republics, because in fact we are, I emphasize, the Kherson region and the Kherson region will become part of Russia, as a full-fledged subject of the Russian Federation”
1636 days back
Press service of the Zaporizhzhya Regional Military District: The occupiers were instructed to prepare Energodar for a "referendum". The Russians want to create an informational picture, allegedly the residents of the city express their desire to join Russia, but in fact, finally connect the Zaporizhzhya NPP to Rosatom
1636 days back
Advisor to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Vadim Denisenko: It seems that the Kremlin has decided to postpone the issues of referendums in the occupied territories for several months. They can be held on September 11, but this is a conditional date and, perhaps, symbolic for Russians
1638 days back
The mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, reports that the Russian invaders are preparing to hold a pseudo-referendum: "The invaders are trying to restore the register of those people who remained in Melitopol today and use it. Apparently, unfortunately, they are preparing for some kind of "referendum"
1639 days back
Ukrainian intelligence: A pseudo-referendum in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, in particular in Kherson, Mariupol and other occupied cities, can be held by the Russian Federation on September 11 - the single voting day in the Russian Federation
1639 days back
The occupation authorities of the "DPR" intend to hold a referendum on the entry of the entire Donetsk region into the Russian Federation immediately after its complete occupation. This follows from the statement of Vladislav Berdichsky, who calls himself a "deputy of the people's council"
1639 days back
British Ministry of Defense: "If Russia holds a referendum on the inclusion of the Kherson region into the Russian Federation, it will surely fabricate the results in its favor, but the inhabitants of the region will continue to demonstrate their rejection of the Russian occupation"
1639 days back
Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova: "The Russian invaders are preparing to hold a so-called "referendum" on the annexation of Mariupol as part of a self-proclaimed pseudo-state on the territory of ORDLO to the Russian Federation. The occupiers name May 15 as a possible date for the "referendum"
1640 days back
EU Mission to OSCE: Any attempts by Russia to hold so-called "referendums" in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine with the aim of declaring new "people's republics" or joining the Russian Federation are illegal and will not be recognized - Ukrinform reports
1640 days back
Russian occupiers can hold a "referendum on joining Russia" in the temporarily occupied Mariupol. They strive to do this as soon as possible and will announce it as early as May 15th. It is reported by the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Petr Andryushchenko
1641 days back
59% of Ukrainians would vote in a referendum for joining NATO, 14% - against. 80% of Ukrainians support Ukraine's accession to the EU, 2% - to the Customs Union - poll of the International Republican Institute (IRI) in early April
1641 days back
Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that the future of the Kherson region should be decided by local residents. Thus, he commented on the intention of the collaborators to apply to the President of the Russian Federation with a request to join the region to Russia
1641 days back
Kherson collaborator and Gauleiter Kirill Stremousov appointed by the Russian occupiers ruled out holding a pseudo-referendum and creating KhNR. He is going to appeal to Putin with a request to annex the entire Kherson region to Russia
1642 days back
After a long illness, the first President of Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuk, died. Recall that he was elected president in 1991, and lost to Leonid Kuchma in early elections in 1994. In the last years of his life, Leonid Kravchuk was the chairman of the TCG for resolving the situation in Donbas
1643 days back
European Commission: 66% of EU citizens agree that Ukraine should become a member of the EU. 71% believe that Ukraine is already part of the "European family". Most of all, residents of Portugal want to see Ukraine as an EU member (87%), least of all - Austria, Greece and Serbia (54%)
1644 days back
Adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Vadim Denisenko believes that on May 9, Putin can indirectly or directly announce the annexation of Donbass to Russia and the holding of a referendum in the Kherson region - Strana.ua
1645 days back
Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Presidential Office: The invaders will not be able to hold "referendums" in the occupied territories. None of this will happen, except for one thing - an increase in the number of destroyed invaders. Kherson, Zaporozhye, Donetsk, Luhansk regions - this is Ukraine
1649 days back
Deputy Chairman of the Kherson Regional Council Yuriy Sobolevsky: The occupation authorities of the Russian Federation in the Kherson region will not be able to hold a "referendum" on the creation of the "Kherson People's Republic", because they do not have "extras". They have no support either from the population or from local government
1649 days back
The Verkhovna Rada banned the activities of pro-Russian parties in Ukraine (draft law No. 7172). 330 people's deputies voted for, including 17 ex-people's deputies from the Opposition Platform for Life
1649 days back
Volodymyr Zelensky, in an interview with Al Arabiya, confirmed that any decision on the neutrality of Ukraine will be submitted to a "referendum in which all the people will take part"
1650 days back
US Ambassador to OSCE Michael Carpenter: The United States has information about Russia's intentions to hold referendums on the creation of the so-called "Kherson People's Republic", as well as the annexation of temporarily occupied territories in eastern Ukraine to Russia in mid-May
1651 days back
1652 days back
Why have collaborators in Kherson been dispersing the fake that they "were not going to hold a referendum" since yesterday? Very simple. They failed to organize this referendum - Chairman of the Kherson organization of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine Dementiy Beliy
1654 days back
Volodymyr Zelensky: There can be many Russian pseudo-ferendums. Ukraine will not recognize them anyway. The main thing is that, together with Ukraine, the entire civilized world will not recognize them. It will do nothing but add another layer of complexity to any negotiation.
