Moscow is moving forward with its plan to annex the Ukrainian region of Kherson by carrying out a 'rigged' election intended to manipulate local support for joining the Russia Federation, according to United Kingdom officials.
If Russia carries out a referendum election in Kherson, which borders Russian-annexed Crimea,"it will almost certainly manipulate the results to show a clear majority in favour of leaving Ukraine," the UK Ministry of Defence said in an intelligence update Saturday.
"A central part of Russia’s original invasion plan was highly likely to use rigged referendums to place the majority of Ukraine’s regions under long-term pro-Russian authority," the UK intelligence update states. "The fact that Russia has only succeeded in imposing a pro-Russian local leadership in Kherson highlights the failure of Russia’s invasion to make progress towards its political objectives in Ukraine."
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