Soldiers are threatening to shoot the families of Ukrainians if they don't vote in illegal referendums, report says

• There are illegal "referendums" happening in the occupied Ukrainian regions.

• According to reports, armed soldiers are going door to door to vote.

• According to The Telegraph, some Ukrainians have been threatened with the death of their families if they don't participate.

According to The Telegraph, armed soldiers are going door-to-door in Ukraine to collect votes and threatenUkrainians with the murder of their families if they don't vote in the referendum that would see Russia annex parts of the country.

Voting in the Kremlin-orchestrated polls has begun in four occupied Ukrainian regions.

According to NPR, the "referendums" are illegal. They were described as a "sham" and a "false pretext" by President Joe Biden.

The results are likely to be decided on Tuesday.

According to The Telegraph, armed guards have leaned over and watched as people voted at some polling stations.

Soldiers armed with machine guns were seen approaching homes in order to get votes.

There are two people in front of you with weapons and you can't refuse.

According to a woman in Zaporizhzhia, "collaborators" arrived at her parents' flat to give them a ballot to sign."

Russian state media says the door to door voting is for security reasons.

Several Ukrainians living in the occupied territories have been threatened with the massacre of their families if they refuse to participate.

We are forced to leave under the guise of being shot. A Ukrainian in Luhansk Oblast said that if they didn't go, they would shoot or massacre the entire family.

The newspaper reported that the Ukrainian said they were scared. There is a requirement for turnout at the referendum. Many are being forced to leave their homes.

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