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Russian-led referendum in Ukraine underway as the international community calls it a sham

In Ukraine, voting has started now in four eastern provinces on whether they should become part of Russia. Much of the international community has called the referendum illegitimate and a Russian effort to illegally annex part of Ukraine.

Here & Now‘s Don Gonyea talks with NPR’s Kat Lansdorf in Dnipro, Ukraine.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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