Sputnik is live as international observers hold a press conference following the referendums on joining Russia in the Donetsk People's Republic, Lugansk People's Republic, as well as in Zaporozhye region and Kherson region.
The five-day-long referendums showed a major voter turnout, with people overwhelmingly supporting the decision to become a part of the Russian Federation: 99.23% in the DPR, 98.42% in the LPR, 87.05% in Kherson region and 93.11% in Zaporozhye region backed the decision.
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