Zelensky urges world to condemn Russias pseudo-referendums, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday urged the world to condemn “pseudo referendums” as Kremlin proxies began voting on annexation by Russia in Moscow-held areas of Ukraine.

Zelensky urges world to condemn Russias pseudo-referendums

“The world will react absolutely justly to pseudo referendums — they will be unequivocally condemned,” Zelensky said in his daily address to the nation.

Four provinces in Ukraine that are fully or partially controlled by Russia — Donetsk and Lugansk in the east as well as Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in the south — are holding votes on whether to be annexed by Moscow.

The ballots have been dismissed as a “sham” by Kyiv and its Western allies.