Kiev’s Bloody Attempts to Disrupt the Referenda

Great Freedom Speech for the Donbass from the South African International Referendum Observer Team. A team of journalists and observers in the Donbass during this historical moment in time!

“I have seen the suffering of people of Donbass region who are DEFINITELY victims of Ukrainian armed forces” says President of French Humanitarian Society, as 7 foreign observers from France, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and Latvia follow the voting process in Donetsk People’s Republic.

Western countries condemn the referendums in the Donbass republics and two Russian-controlled regions in Ukraine, calling them undemocratic after years of their own selective policies towards the self-determination of people.

"I voted at work. We are for Russia, we are part of Russia, we've always been with Russia & we're very happy that we were asked even though there is fighting now. We want to go home.

When civilians die, it's disgusting. It's our former fellow citizens who are hitting us." pic.twitter.com/2n9ZRSPmYx

— Eva Karene Bartlett (@EvaKBartlett) September 25, 2022

Another woman in Kievskiy spoke of how she thinks life could improve under Russia, including more work & better salaries, but most of all peace. pic.twitter.com/sZ2HCxMhS8

— Eva Karene Bartlett (@EvaKBartlett) September 25, 2022

Women in Kievskiy, Donetsk, going door-to-door to enable residents to vote from home. They speak of Ukraine's daily shelling of their district, a woman killed by it the day prior, & how residents are eager to vote. pic.twitter.com/Q0EPy9MJmR

— Eva Karene Bartlett (@EvaKBartlett) September 25, 2022

7 foreign observers from France, Cameroon, CAR & Latvia observe voting process in DPR. The President of the French Humanitarian Society, "I have heard the explosions at… Zaporozhye….have seen the suffering of people of Donbass region who are…victims of Ukrainian armed forces.” pic.twitter.com/rTahBUIKrw

— Fiorella Isabel (@FiorellaIsabelM) September 25, 2022

I was in Gorlovka today to watch people in that hard-hit northern city cast their votes, to speak to them about the referendum. Echoes of yesterday: they want peace, an end to Ukraine's shelling of their city for over 8 years, they want to join Russia…https://t.co/5ipYsy2AAW

— Eva Karene Bartlett (@EvaKBartlett) September 24, 2022

Donetsk local speaks while driving from Kievskiy to Kirovskiy, districts Ukraine shells daily.

Driver describes situation in Donetsk as *worse* than in Mariupol during the fighting. You don't know when/where the bomb will drop, you're at risk every day.https://t.co/RK8o3D2C5s

— Eva Karene Bartlett (@EvaKBartlett) September 24, 2022

He witnessed a woman killed by Ukrainian shelling the day before in Kievskiy, decapitated.

But he refuses to leave the Donbass, his homeland.

— Eva Karene Bartlett (@EvaKBartlett) September 24, 2022

Ukraine keeps shelling civilians, this time in southern Novaya Kakhovka. Meanwhile the west is pushing the narrative the referendums were done at “gunpoint”. If anyone is pointing a gun at these territories it’s literally Ukraine’s own army, which is why most want to join Russia. pic.twitter.com/nRva2nIzfq

— Fiorella Isabel (@FiorellaIsabelM) September 24, 2022

Mass rallies with thousands in attendance are happening throughout Russia today in support of referendums in the liberated territories. Many Russians support the decision of the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions to become part of the federation. pic.twitter.com/nn3ES80sVb

— Fiorella Isabel (@FiorellaIsabelM) September 23, 2022

“Preliminary data suggests two rockets were fired at the hotel, but one was taken out.

RT's Murad Gazdiev and the crew have been helping remove people still stuck.

Two have been killed, including a local politician.”

Source: https://t.co/ouLxKoZDPM pic.twitter.com/N9B79GNy8F

— Rachel Blevins (@RachBlevins) September 25, 2022

Not on #CNN. More from #Manezhnaya Square in #Moscow Rally in support of the referenda in the LPR, DPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. pic.twitter.com/XFWUXhtwYj

— tim anderson (@timand2037) September 23, 2022

Ukrainian army shells Donetsk centre with French shells, killing six civilians

Launch of the referendum on integration into the Russian Federation in the Donbass, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions

To Be or Not to Be: One With Russia