CCTV footage has captured video of ballot boxes being taken door to door by civilians flanked by armed soldiers in one of the "referendums" being carried out in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine.

The video was filmed on September 23 in a residential building in Vasilyevka, Zaporizhzhia region.

In addition to the pressure of rifle-toting troops at the door, there are reports that locals are being monitored when they cast their vote, to ensure they support plans for Russia to formally annex occupied regions.

Residents in Vasilyevka have said it is almost impossible to oppose the annexation when "voting" under such circumstances, and that people have been detained for doing so.

23 September 2022, Vasilyevka, Zaporozhye region, Ukraine

There were videos from surveillance cameras from residential buildings in the Zaporozhye region. They show that people with ballots go around the residents door by door, and they are accompanied by armed soldiers. At the same time, citizens are monitored so that they put the “necessary” tick in the ballot.

Residents of Vasilyevka, Zaporozhye region, say that it is almost impossible to tick off at gunpoint against the annexation of the occupied territory to the Russian Federation, and also stressed that there are already detainees in the city who tried to oppose the referendum or put “the wrong tick”.

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