Referendums now being held in four Russian-held regions of Ukraine entered their fourth day on Sept. 26, amid continued denunciations by the West that the move represents the de facto “annexation” of the territories by Russia.
The polling, which began on Sept. 23, will decide whether residents of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia want to remain in Ukraine or join the Russian Federation.
Polling is slated to end on Sept. 27.
On Sept. 25, Russia’s TASS news agency reported that 93 percent of ballots cast on the first day of the poll in Zaporizhzhia favored the region’s integration with Russia….