Today I went to Makeevka and interviewed someone from the local election commission on the voting process, ballot security, and were soldiers or anyone else intimidating civilians into voting—a laughable no! Something I've been asking civilians in Donetsk, Mariupol, Gorlovka...I've been met with laughter and a reminder that for over 8 years people of the Donbass have sought peace, and to be free of Ukraine. No need to be coerced...

Holding Ground, Losing War - The American Conservative
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/holding-ground-losing-war/

Notes from Lavrov speech at the UN. Another attack on “blackmail”.

"What is at stake today is the future of the world order."

Key takeaways:

The West undermines trust in international justice.

The unipolar world serves the "golden billion" at expense of Asia, Africa and Latin America—this is now a thing of the past.

Washington creates geopolitical processes to retain its dominance—thinks it's "Lord God on Earth".

We all remember Yugoslavia, Iraq, and Libya—far from US shores where hundreds of thousands died.

Name one country US entered by force and life became better.

Illegal sanctions are political blackmail—and deny civilians essential goods.

UN Security Council should be more democratic and include African nations.

🔴 In Germany, a sign appeared with apologies to the Russians

"Dear Russians, you are NOT our enemies. Our enemies are sitting in Washington, Geneva, Brussels…
We apologize for the behavior of our "government," reads the sign in the style of the Russian tricolor.

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🔴"The referendum on the entry of the LPR into Russia was recognized as having taken place — more than 50% of voters took part in it. The turnout at the end of three days was 76.09%," the CEC of the LPR

https://t.me/OpenUkraine/26922

To survive the current crisis, the US begins to gnaw at Europe - transnational corporations from Europe move production to the US. Arcelor Mittal, RHI Magnesita, Tesla, Volkswagen, OCI NV and others are already investing in the US economy, fleeing the EU, reducing their capacity. If the United States can no longer rob anyone out of lawlessness, then they will feed on their Western partners. Europe is written off. Ukraine for Washington is also a one-time tool for robbing Russia. But Russia did not allow itself to be robbed, and others also. The circulation of the dollar in the world is declining, and this is a noose that is beginning to choke the American economy. The United States is running out of resources, and there is no one to write off its debts to. Through Ukraine, the United States is using its last chance to rob Russia, and live a little more. But nothing will save the economic addict. The less the circulation of the US dollar in the world, the harder it will be for the US drug addict.

Maria Zakharova:
Remember, what Russia is doing now determines the future of mankind:
either we live free, or we recognize ourselves as slaves in the colonies.
This is very well understood on all continents.

I spoke with Kirill Stremousov, Vice Gov. of the Kherson territorial administration, who told me about the significance of the referendum—and some of the security precautions that authorities here are taking to minimize potential violence by the Ukrainian regime.

❗️Consequences of the shelling of the city of Rubizhne (LPR) by the armed formations of Ukraine.

As a result of the shelling of N. p. Frontier using the American M142 HIMARS MLRS (in total, the enemy fired 6 missiles of the M31 GMLRS type), a secondary school was destroyed, in the building of which the polling station was located, and 4 apartment buildings were damaged.

© Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.
https://t.me/LPR_JCCC/7226?single

Makeevka today. Asked residents if they are forced to vote/afraid of the soldiers.

"No, we don't vote at gunpoint. No one scares us, no one intimidates or threatens us."

"This is a ballot box, it needs to be protected."

Try to convince me that these people are terrified by the presence of soldiers there to provide security.

Try. You won't.

School shooter above.

What exactly did he prove, targetting children? Russia fights against Nazism and Fascism.

​Today, on the fourth day of the referendum, the third group of international observers is working at the polling stations at the DPR Embassy in Russia.

🇮🇹🇷🇴 Eight representatives from Italy and one from Romania visited the DPR Embassy: Vito Grittani, Gianluca Procaccini, Gianfranco Vestuto, Giovanni Corleone, Giuseppe Luca Genovese, Camilo Zotti, Nicola Marzaro, Pietro Cassano, Camelia Dorina Pop.

Members of the election commission acquainted the delegates with all the details of the voting procedure, observers received answers to clarifying questions, personally followed the voting process, talked with the voters and learned the opinion of the Donbass residents.

International observers from Italy spoke about visiting polling stations in the DPR the day before, noted that they did not see anything that the Western media was talking about forcing the vote. But on the contrary, that voting was free and voluntary, stressed the good level of the process organization, stated the transparency of the procedure, compliance with international law. No violations were found during the visit.