The SSU has intercepted documents of the terrorist organization DNR, which regulate the participation of minors in russia’s fake referendum in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region.

In this way, the enemy hopes to expand the ‘voter base’ supporting kremlin’s project to join a part of eastern Ukraine to the aggressor state.

According to the intercepted files, the occupation administration plans to involve locals aged 13 to 17 in voting at the sham referendum.

At the expense of minor ‘voters’, the occupiers are trying to artificially increase the catastrophic lack of ‘votes’ in order to legitimize the fake plebiscite.

To strengthen control over the ‘turnout’, minors shall be accompanied to ‘polling stations’ by their parents, guardians or representatives of the so-called ‘orphanages’.

Also, in order to rig the results, they plan to engage families from Donetsk region, who have local registration, but temporarily left for russia.

Moscow supervisors entrusted making necessary changes to the ‘electoral process’ to the so-called ‘dnr’s central electoral commission’.

This pseudo-institution has already prepared drafts of documents in the form of ‘resolutions’ and an annex on fake voting with minors’ participation.

The SSU has identified all organizers of the unlawful activities, established their location and documented the crime.

Within criminal proceedings under Articles 14.1 and 110.2 of the CCU (trespass against territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine), investigation is ongoing to bring the culprits to justice.

The SSU National Statehood Protection Department together with investigators of the SSU Office in Donetsk and Luhansk regions exposed and investigated the crime under the procedural supervision of Donetsk Region Prosecutor’s Office.