INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Kremlin is planning to hold referendums on joining Russia next month in just two regions of Ukraine amid continuing heavy fighting,
regions as fast as possible amid stalemate on the battlefield, said the Vyorstka news website citing unidentified government sources.At the
same time, the Kremlin is putting off similar referendums in the occupied Ukrainian regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, which it hopes can
be staged at a later date, according to Vyorstka.Putin launched the invasion of Ukraine on Feb
current plan, according to Vyorstka, is for votes to be held in the DNR and LNR on Sept
security spokesman John Kirby said Wednesday.Kirby said United States intelligence shows Russian officials in the occupied areas are
worried local residents will not turn out to take part in the vote."The Russian officials themselves know that what they're doing will lack
