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zaporizhzhia. people in the war torn regions are being asked if they wish to join the russian federation. ben wedeman is tracking the latest annexation live. how is all of this expected to play out, ben? reporter: well, i mean, it s a good question, christine, whether to call it a vote. this is going on from today until the 27th of september. the last day will be in person voting. before that people were getting many people in these regions will be getting a knock on the door and be presented with a ballot box. in some regions the ballot is only in russian. in other areas, in kherson region, 50% of the population has fled because of the war. so it s very dubious about how credible the outcomes will be. you called it a sham. most people are calling it a sham outside those russian occupied parts of ukraine. in fact, ukrainian officials are calling on people to boycott these referenda. the results will be announced several days after the closing of ballot boxes, if we ....
Like a full blown war. matthew chance, cnn, london. and that image of that child waving to somebody on a bus. let s bring in mary lushana. nice to see you, mary. thanks for getting up early this morning. talk to me about this mobilization on russia. what are you hearing inside the country from people who are worried about this? and is it, i wonder, an admission from vladimir putin that this is not a limited military operation, this is a full blown war? good morning, christine. it has been said it has not gone as smoothly as hoped and also how they portrayed this special military opera igs to people from russia in the past seven months. now we are feeling very direct impact of that. their lives have been uprooted ....
Sustains throughout the campaign. they say less than 6,000 people died, 6,000 soldiers, but that number is likely much, much higher. sources telling cnn sort of this is cnn s reporting, mary, that russian officers are complaining about moscow s decision making, intervention and they re arguing among themselves complaining about moscow s intervention but arguing on the battlefield itself whampt do you make of that and what it says about who s a month, russia never publicly said who is actually the operational commander of this whole massive operation. it was never clear. from the soldiers i spoke to, it was clear when they went into this attack, they didn t really understand what was going on and ....