Go to the media bankThe building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in Kyiv. File photoMOSCOW, Sep 25 Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said that Kyiv demanded an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council because of the holding of referendums in the Donbass and the liberated territories of Ukraine.»Ukraine demanded an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council United Nations Security Council regarding Russia's bogus referendums in the occupied territories of Ukraine. Russia must be held accountable for its further attempts to change the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine in violation of the UN Charter,» Nikolenko wrote on Twitter. The referendum on joining Russia has started on Friday in the Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics, as well as in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. Voting will continue for five days, until September 27. The public has applied to the regional authorities with the initiative to immediately hold referendums. According to representatives of the republics and regions, joining Russia will secure their territories and restore historical justice. In their opinion, this decision is extremely necessary in the context of constant acts of terror by the nationalist authorities of Ukraine and NATO members, who supply weapons to kill civilians. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would support the decision, which will be made by the residents of Donbass, Zaporozhye and Kherson region.
Ukraine's provocations legitimize referendums, said the chairman of the DNR OP
