History

A referendum on the Act of Declaration of Independence was held in Ukraine on 1 December 1991.[1] An overwhelming majority of 92.3% of voters approved the declaration of independence made by the Verkhovna Rada on 24 August 1991.

1991 Ukrainian independence referendum

Interesting are the results by region:


Region	% for Ukraine
Luhansk Oblast	83.86
Donetsk Oblast	83.90
Crimean ASSR	54.19
Sevastopol City	57.07

Poll data

https://romaninukraine.com/collection-of-surveys-about-sentiment-in-e-ukraine/ [1]

https://twitter.com/neil_abrams/status/1583461156286791680

https://www.kiis.com.ua/?lang=eng&cat=reports&id=236

https://www.iri.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/iri.org/2014%20April%205%20IRI%20Public%20Opinion%20Survey%20of%20Ukraine,%20March%2014-26,%202014.pdf

https://romaninukraine.com/iri-public-opinion-survey-residents-of-ukraine-march-14-26/

“referendum”

13 years later, we are supposed to believe...

Crimea referendum: What does the ballot paper say?

2014 Crimean status referendum

Over 123% of Sevastopol residents vote to join Russia!

Observers

Far-rights and neostalinists observing so-called ‘referendum’ in Crimea

Invasion

Little green men (Russo-Ukrainian War)

Ukrainian Rebel Commander Identified As Russian GRU Military Intelligence Colonel

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2015/02/17/origin-of-artillery-attacks/

== "There was not an armed invasion of Crimea"

https://twitter.com/GicAriana/status/1673194366586716162

“Russia annexed Crimea without bloodshed”

“‘Russia annexed Crimea without bloodshed’?” [2] (PDF)

“Russia annexed Crimea without firing a single shot”

Wikipedia: Serhiy Kokurin
- On March 18th, 2014, Serhiy Kokurin became the first Ukrainian soldier to be killed in the war with Russia.

Other examples

Chechnya

https://www.alamy.com/russian-soldiers-enter-the-referendum-polling-station-in-chechen-settlement-of-khankala-march-22-2003-war-weary-chechens-began-voting-on-sunday-on-the-future-of-their-push-for-independence-in-a-referendum-promoted-by-the-kremlin-as-a-critical-step-towards-peace-picture-taken-march-22-2003-reuterspavel-pavlov-reuters-as-image380674669.html

Kherson

"Kherson is #Russia, there will be no Kherson People's Republic, there will be no referendums. There will be one decree based on our appeal to Vladimir Putin and there will be a request to introduce region into the Russian Federation", said occupying authorities of #Kherson."[3]

https://twitter.com/franceinfo/status/1573585812322746369 "Kherson is #Russia, there will be no Kherson People's Republic, there will be no referendums. There will be one decree based on our appeal to Vladimir Putin and there will be a request to introduce region into the Russian Federation", said occupying authorities of #Kherson.

https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/europe/manifestations-en-ukraine/guerre-en-ukraine-un-militant-francais-d-extreme-droite-parmi-les-etrangers-qui-observent-les-referendums-d-annexion_5378806.html

https://blogs.mediapart.fr/jean-dugenet/blog/070621/la-nouvelle-extreme-droite-francaise

https://twitter.com/avalaina/status/1573348280398151680

https://twitter.com/KristoNurmis/status/1574078065143353344

https://twitter.com/AGHamilton29/status/1574927606646206465

https://twitter.com/NewVoiceUkraine/status/1500050302036283396

https://twitter.com/CedricMas/status/1576249005134139392

Kremlintarian support for the fake referendum

“ It’s remarkable a libertarian would support a sham like that.

— Mikhail Svetov, Libertarian Party of Russia [4]

See Kremlintarianism

More

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/referendum-coverage-proves-media-is-still-vulnerable-to-russian-disinformation/

https://twitter.com/neil_abrams/status/1577658781860757507

https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1533119410138927104 Pundits on Russian state TV begrudgingly acknowledge that Russian-speakers in Ukraine they supposedly came to "liberate" are actually fighting against invading Russian troops.