AFU shelled the village of Voznesenovka, Belgorod region

As a result of the impact, 5 houses and 3 cars were damaged. There were no casualties.

@RVvoenkor

Voting has started in Donetsk. I just went to Kalinskiy district where voting started at 8:30 am. Pretty straight forward: people show their ID, write their home address, get a ballot and cast their yes or no, behind a shield for their privacy, put the ballot in a sealed container.

Of course, western pundits have already decided this is this is sham referendum, but the people here don't care what the west says. The west has been arming Ukraine, which is is raining bombs down on Donetsk, killing 6 people yesterday, 16 people Monday, 4 people Saturday...and thousands over the past 8 years. Enough is enough, the people are voting and don't be surprised if the results are for the DPR to join Russia.

I've now additionally visited Kievskiy and Kirovskiy districts, again seeing local residents volunteering to go around from door to door, with all the paperwork and ballots, to enable people to vote from home rather than going out to centre when Ukraine could shell. The groups I've seen doing this were women, by the way, putting themselves at potential risk (if Ukraine shells) for the sake of ensuring the referendum happens. They could have opted to stay home in relative safety, but didn't. A driver in Kirovsky volunteered to take the women from the school where they work to the apartments they are visiting to enable people to vote. He refused to take any money.

Everyone I've spoken to is adamant about joining Russia.

I'm still on the road and it looks like will be all day, so won't be able to post much in the way of videos until tonight when I have good internet (and time).