In its bid to permanently seize control of the Ukrainian city of Kherson, Russia is looking to hold what U.S. and Ukrainian officials say is a “sham referendum” on secession.
By holding an election in Kherson, Russia is aiming “to try to add a veneer of democratic or electoral legitimacy” to its rule there, Michael Carpenter, the U.S.
Earlier this week, Russian occupying authorities cut the region’s connections to Ukrainian internet and telecommunications infrastructure, forcibly re-routing communications through Russian-controlled networks, according to the Ukrainian government. Should it occur, the Russian referendum in Kherson would follow a well-established pattern by the Kremlin in Ukraine. In 2014, soon after Russian forces invaded Ukraine’s strategically located Crimean Peninsula, Moscow sponsored a referendum — widely considered fraudulent — on whether the region should leave Ukraine outright and join Russia.A Ukrainian soldier outside a school hit by Russian rockets in the village of Zelenyi Hai.
Outside of Ukraine, Russia has also supported breakaway states under pro-Moscow control in Georgia and Moldova .
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