There are so many sad, even tragic, things going on in the world today, but the jaw-dropping one for me at the moment is the story the armed Russian soldiers are going door-to-door in the occupied areas of Ukraine with a referendum to ask residents at gun-point to vote on whether they would prefer to be part of Russia.
Ukraine 'referendums': Soldiers go door-to-door for votes in polls
www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63013356#:~:text=Russia%20allowed%20the%20media%20into%20some%20polling%20stations%2C,collect%20votes%20for%20self-styled%20%22referendums%22%20on%20joining%20Russia.
Voting proceeds under coercion and at gunpoint in Russia-occupied Ukraine
www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/9/23/2124847/-Voting-proceeds-at-gunpoint-in-Russia-occupied-Ukraine