Go to the media bankCars queuing at the Vasylivka checkpoint in the Zaporozhye region. Archival photoMOSCOW, Sep 23Up to 1,500 cars a day enter the Zaporozhye region from the territory controlled by Kyiv through the Vasilyevka checkpoint, Deputy Head of the Regional Administration Yevhen Balitsky said. On October 1, a permit regime will be introduced with the territory controlled by the Kyiv authorities through the Vasilyevka checkpoint. «The main thing that is indicative for us today is that there are up to 1.5 thousand cars at the entrance to the Zaporozhye region. They come to us, but do not leave. Thousands of people return to us — this is an indicator. 1.5 thousand come to us cars a day, and 200-250 leave us, and they are engaged in commerce,» Balitsky said on the air of Channel One. The referendum on joining Russia started on Friday in the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, as well as in 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
