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Protests against the mobilization in Moscow and several other Russian cities were quickly dispersed by the police. |
Russian troops reportedly launched new attacks on Ukrainian cities on Saturday (24/9), as the referendum vote continued.
Voting by a referendum mechanism is continuing in four regions controlled by Russian troops in a bid to annex about 15 percent of Ukraine's territory.
According to the Times of Israel, Zaporizhzhia Governor Oleksandr Starukh said Russia was targeting infrastructure facilities in the Dnieper River city.
One of the missiles hit an apartment building, killing one person and wounding seven others. Russian troops also attacked other areas of Ukraine and damaged residential buildings and civilian infrastructure.
The British Ministry of Defense said that Russia targeted the Pechenihy dam on the Seversky Donets River in northeastern Ukraine, following an earlier attack on a dam in a reservoir near the Kryvyi Rih, which caused flooding of the Inhulets River.
Amid the war, voting continued in the Kremlin-organized referendum in the occupied areas. The vote is known to have been rejected by Ukraine and its Western allies as it was deemed a bogus vote with no legal force.
Voting will end on Tuesday (27/9). During the five-day poll, election officials will be accompanied by police officers to carry ballots to homes and set up polling stations that move from place to place for security reasons.
Voting was also held in Russia, where refugees and other residents of the region voted.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow would listen to the wishes of the population. This is a clear indication that the Kremlin is ready to annex the territory as soon as the vote is over.
Ukraine said the vote was an illegitimate attempt by Moscow to separate large parts of the country, which stretches from the Russian border to the Crimean Peninsula. A similar referendum took place in Crimea in 2014 before Moscow's annexation, a move deemed illegal by much of the world.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Ukrainians in the occupied territories to undermine the referendum and share information about those who carried out the so-called farce. He called on citizens to try to avoid Moscow's mobilization and sabotage the actions of Russian soldiers if they were captured.
Protests against the mobilization in Moscow and several other Russian cities were quickly dispersed by the police.
Many citizens are desperately trying to leave Russia to buy plane tickets at very expensive prices. Thousands more fled by car and created traffic jams and were willing to wait days at some borders.
In an attempt to calm public fears, authorities announced that some of those working in high-tech, communications or finance would be released.
Ramzan Kadyrov, the regional leader of Chechnya who sent troops to fight in Ukraine, suggested that Moscow involve more personnel from law enforcement agencies in the war.
He denounced those who fled mobilization as cowards and suggested that the police and various paramilitary agencies would create a much more trained and motivated fighting force.
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