donetsk people's republic. and i can hazard an educated guess that a very similar proportion will be voting in a similar way in the luhansk area. >> let's s go to kim vanell and find out how they aresponding to what's going on. kim? >> reporter: jane, we have heard from the acting head of the presidential administration and from the justice minister reiterating the government's position that it believes that this referendum is illegal and both of these officials came out and said they believe this is no more than the actions of what they called murderers and terrorists trying to cover up criminal activity. they went on to say that the prosecutor general has warned city council members in the eastern regions that they will be held criminally responsible for their actions to do with this referendum. they went on to say they believe that in the coming days, representatives from the east or self appointed representatives will come out and give some fake results and they also mentioned that they believe no more than two-thirds of people in the territory have not participated in this referendum. we have heard in recent days from interim preside