line 2 years ago, he was deeply unpopular and there was a cascade of scandals and this led to an erosion of trust in him. and so his political legacy is definitely questioned among the japanese. so you are essentially saying of varies the situation and rich prime minister from york. you should actually damage his own party by sticking to this decision. po, actively participate in all the war activities since the beginning of the invasion, samantha, he wrote it in there for and that, but is the citizen of russia. and he put this to the door himself on his social media channel. and the woman who was going door from door for, for this false a was she said that the people who is of passports of russia and also the

written members of the russian military can ward of course, this is all fake and stage and the results are already known as it has been declared before they even started the referendum. now what are you hearing from the reasons where voting is happening? well, they do. what is russian propaganda trying people to believe? and what is actually happening is 2 different scenes. what is happening in reality is that russia occupied territories of who are part 3rd or 4th ukrainian region this landscape done yet. here son ends up patricia and they are forcefully making people to go and vote. but they actually don't need that as much . they just need some pictures for the russian propaganda to show that war to has started and then they did this company and then they will announce the result they need. they have already said that more than 80 percent of people will vote in favor

of join the name of join in russia. after that, they will announce this territories a independent so called independent from ukraine and want to join russia. and that will allow rational, later to say that the, these territories are legitimate parts of russia and every kind of aggression, again, this them is aggression against russia. that was all, it was about these and plus the forceful mobilization of people who are leaving on this territory of man who didn't live or who are not able to leave the territories . and now russia will force them to go to the concrete them and to go and serve in russian army. and now what do you think this referenda will amino the so called referenda will mean for the future of the wall of it doesn't have

any legitimacy. and then no country in the vote will accept that this what was happening and what was stage by russia as a new kind of legitimate action. this is a law from action which is should be put as such by all countries and by the un. but it won't, it won't mean any scene for ukraine and generally for the war. but of course, it will mean a lot for russian propaganda, which is already using these a lot. and the purpose of this was because russia is failing on the battle fields after their withdraw in harkey region. and the defeat of russian troops in harkey region put in need to show sampson and they came up with this referenda, which were organized for 34 days. now ukraine and western governments have already

said they're not going to recognize the results. but can we expect recognition from russia's allies, at least a russia has not so much allies as they would like it just several countries as a areas that are not recognized by the european countries. and generally by the un, that with just in favor of every russian decision, and there are lot themselves. and then we have to understand, clearly that russia is a country that has no international legitimacy by itself. now, because of the constant violation of the international law and every action russia makes in the sovereign territory or few friends is unlawful not to take along the unlawful and unprovoked invasion. started on the 24th of february, speaking to us from hockey fan ukraine. security analyst a maria of de la,

thank you very much. thank you. are the so called referendums are now underway, were announced after ukrainian forces liberated a large part of territory formerly held by russian forces. one of the places we taken in that counter offensive was coop, yonce, get in the harbor. if region d, w corresponded a nick connelly went there and sent us this report. russia is here to day. that was the slogan. just a matter of weeks ago, hearing coupons, as russian officials handed out passports in the end, the russian flag came down faster than any one could have imagined. but the russian army hasn't gone far. in fact, you can hear its artillery every few minutes. just a few kilometers away, even before the shilling stops. great, prosecutors of fine coming. what remains of this police station, where russian troops had their base looking for evidence of potential war crimes love, which i thought to look this up with what i, it's a right now we're collecting evidence, brought the more law,

some of the things we're looking for can be lost over time that i'm with them go, or that i'm worried that case, but we're looking for dna traces the should fingerprints similar to that and also documents model. and let me show you the thought that the russian departure was so hasty investigator tells us, many of the soldiers left everything behind, even their passports. that's on the streets. ukraine troops out number the locals. many residents took the 1st opportunity to evacuate, once ukrainian forces returned. those that remain, keep a low profile. tell us the fighting seems to be getting worse when on come up with the helicopter. we hope ahead was not ukrainian, as everyone around us assumed it was russian. ah, who had to come in now in a hurry we will wait windows. but i think that could be destroyed, could explode,

and allow way to see what's happening. this is the route to here in front lines. this is terry is controlled by ukraine, but they're still constant threat of russian cohesion. and there's no cincy of that life was returning to normal in any sense to work. many locals. life is actually getting harder in practical terms. recent shelling the scene lose 1st power than running water. now guess yeah, yeah, we've nowhere to go. our parents are gone and the situation isn't much better where my sister is and hard key for as long as our apartment block is still standing will stay, but it's not heating or water. the people here miss most, it's mobile phone coverage. hottest thing ludmilla tells us is not being able to check up on family. come on, that is correct. sometimes service comes back long enough to say a couple of words to each other. like if a but you end up crying together. more than actually speaking, you know, what is up foxes? my husband has 2 kids in high have. we have no idea how they're doing. a

fiddle with ukrainian officials promised phone service me back in a matter of days, although they called promised though is anything resembling a life, as it was before february 24th. and the russian invasion, a few hours of to relieve kapinsky news comes through a for adults and a teenager wounded in yet more shilling. in iran, the president has promised to investigate the death of a young woman in police custody. awesome meaning was arrested by the morality police for allegedly not wearing her head scarf properly. okay, says ignited a wave of violent anti government protests across the country. ah, a wave of resistance not seen in years. iranian cities are engulfed in protests despite the use of force by police. people continue to come out on to the straits. the death of masa armine sparked these protests. women are angry at the state

dictating a strict dress code. but now the cause has become bigger. many men have join to and protest supporting the cause, have sprung up around the world. from here in canada to new york and spain. iranian protestors want the current leadership to go. the state is fighting back hard. there are reports of security forces, firing metal pallets, and t gas. the army has warned it will confront enemies to ensure peace. oh, many have already been killed in the clashes. but for some mourners, this is only compounding their anger. at this funeral, they chant, we will fight, we will die. we will take iran back. the rainy and leadership's attempt to

quell the anger has so far been unsuccessful. that avenue enforced that i contacted her family, the family of the deceased at the very 1st opportunity. and i showed them personally that we will continue to investigate the incident. there are reports of instagram and whatsapp outages and attempt to discourage further protests. the fury that has been caused by masa means death is shaking the hard line. iranian state you watching t w. c. as a reminder of the top story we're following for you. authorities installed by russia, ukraine's east have begun holding votes on joining russia. these so called referendums are being held in areas that make up 15 percent of ukrainian. territory. voting is expected to last several days and leads to the regions annexation by moscow. you're watching, i did, i mean he was coming up next in dw news, asia growing opposition to the state funeral of japan's assassinated form of prime

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