The so-called referendum on joining Russia, which is held these days particularly in occupied Mariupol, has an extremely low turnout. Organizers have to resort to certain conditions.
A number of Mariupol defenders returned to the government-controlled territory, having been released from Russian captivity as a result of prisoner exchange.
In the temporarily occupied Mariupol, Russian invaders have stepped up preparations for the sham "referendum", but efforts to create election commissions remain unsuccessful.
In the captured City of Mariupol, the Russians are hastily "reconstructing" the Drama Theater, which they bombed in March, in order to hide the traces of their crime.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights sharply condemned the intention of Russia to try the defenders of Mariupol in the city’s philharmonic hall.
In Mariupol, a southern Ukrainian port city temporarily occupied by Russian troops, an assassination attempt has been made on the self-proclaimed "mayor" of the city, collaborator Kostiantyn Ivashchenko.
A large number of Russian military engineering equipment and personnel have been spotted in the temporarily occupied city of Mariupol, driving towards Zaporizhzhia.