Sergei Kiriyenko, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation, is responsible for holding a pseudo-referendum in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. This was announced by a representative of the US State Department during the last briefing..

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He warned that this could happen in the coming weeks.. However, in the United States, as well as in Ukraine, they understand that even these Russian Federations will not be able to change the borders of a sovereign state..

The State Department also confirmed that the Kremlin's statements that Ukrainians want this " There, based on the results of one of the surveys, they note that only 3% of our citizens want to see Ukraine as a member of the Eurasian Customs Union under the leadership of Russia, while the remaining 90% want to become an EU member state.

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Recall that the Russians repeatedly postponed the date of the " It was originally supposed to take place in early May.. After some time, Kherson collaborator Kirill Stremousov generally suggested that this would happen " But later it was still decided to hold it on September 11 - along with local elections in Russia.

According to Russian media, the Russian-controlled occupation administration in the Zaporozhye region has already issued an order to hold a "