FORCED INTO PUTIN’S ARMY
Ukrainians press-ganged to join Russian military
RUSSIA started trying to pressgang Ukrainians into the military before their sham polling results started coming out yesterday.
Residents in one of four polled regions, which predictably looks like an overwhelming vote in favour of joining in Russia, were told by text to go to the local military draft HQ.
In Mariupol, Donestsk, locals received messages ordering them to travel to the local “Military Commissariat,” sparking fears they will be drafted.
Last night the first voting results revealed overwhelming majorities in favour of joining Russia, according to Moscow state news agency RIA.
It said initial counts showed a majority of 98.19 per cent in Kherson, based on 14 per cent of votes counted and in Zaporizhzhia, 98.19 per cent, based on 18 per cent of the count.
In Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, referendums on joining Russia drew to an end last night and will lead to another illegal land-grab.
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Yesterday was the fifth and final day in the widely condemned polls which have featured gun-toting troops forcing residents to vote.
Russian government officials have repeatedly warned they might use nuclear weapons to defend the new “Russian” territory if Kyiv’s forces continue their counter-offensive to liberate the regions.
Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak warned Ukrainians who helped Russia organise the votes would face treason charges and five years in jail.
“We have lists of names of people who have been involved in some way,” he said. Ukrainian and Russian forces were locked in heavy fighting on the eastern front as a Putin propagandist demanded the “executions” of Russian officers over the “chaos” of mobilisation.