DPR Civilians On Why They Wanted A Referendum To Join Russia

My overview of the DPR referendum to join Russia. It's mainly the people themselves talking, over the course of 5 days, including door-to-door voting (no, not at gunpoint) and voting in voting stations on the 5th day.

Western commentators would do well to listen to them (but we know they won't).

Summary:

-they waited 8 years for this
-they are tired of being bombed by Ukraine, they want peace & feel joining Russia will bring this
-they were not intimidated or forced to vote, many (like Syrians) faced potential shelling in order to do so, many volunteered in order to ensure the referendum went ahead
-they've long since given up caring what western commentators & "news" say about them (the same who whitewashed Ukraine's 8+ years of war crimes against the civilians of the Donbass).

For my commentary, see this recent interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpkiN06jdiE

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First scenes of voting in the referendum yesterday, in the Donetsk People's Republic. "Yes! Of course, yes!"
**Twitter threads with numerous clips of voting over the five day period
https://twitter.com/EvaKBartlett/status/1573537823852040192
https://twitter.com/EvaKBartlett/status/1573950417020542978

Ukrainian Terrorism of Central Donetsk September 17 Kills 4, Using Western Weapons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzew0mXOo2Y

Carnage: Ukraine's terrorism on Donetsk September 19 killed 16 civilians, 9 in one spot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJpXcwMAVeI

Ukraine shelled a completely civilian area of central Donetsk, killing at least 5 civilians
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWqeFG7DhIs

What I’ve seen of Ukraine’s war crimes against civilians in the Donbass over the past few months
https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/10/what-ive-seen-of-ukraines-war-crimes-against-civilians-in-the-donbass-over-the-past-few-months/