The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) intercepted Russian documents regulating the holding of a fake "referendum" in the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson oblast for the accession of Ukrainian territories to the Russian Federation.
This was reported by the SSU press service.
The occupiers developed the concept of preparation for the "referendum" and defined the main areas of work with reference to dates. At the same time, the final date of the "voting" itself has not yet been set. Representatives of the occupation administration were tasked with creating 20 "election commissions" under the leadership of local collaborators. The composition of the "electoral commissions" had to be approved by August 1 of this year.
The "referendum" should be promoted by the so-called "activists" of the "Volunteers for Russia" organization. Its participants are supposed to disperse in the region to simulate the support of the occupiers by local residents, as well as to shoot staged scenes for russian TV. These "activists" must organize more than 140 simultaneous pickets, 30 of which are planned to be held in Kherson. All this should be covered by Kremlin-controlled media resources and bloggers, who are being transferred en masse to the region.
They plan to distribute food kits to the local residents to encourage them, but the collaborators report to their Russian leaders that the people of Kherson do not accept the idea of "joining" and are actively resisting.
The SSU identified and established all the traitors and their coordinators from the Russian Federation involved in the organization of the pseudo-referendum.
- In July, the mass media reported that Russia was in a hurry to hold so-called "referendums" on the annexation of the occupied territories of Ukraine by mid-September. They want to hold them until September 15, in order to then give Putin the opportunity to add them to the composition of Russia.
- The SSU reported that it had exposed Russiaʼs plans to join the occupied oblasts of Ukraine. The occupiers plan to use a pro-Russian organization called the "Donetsk Republic" to carry out the so-called "manifestation of will". Previously, it operated only in the "DPR", but now its geography is being expanded. Its name is also being changed — the most likely option is "Great Russia".
- In Donetsk oblast, the occupiers plan to falsify 70% for Russia in the "referendum".