1. Ukraine accuses Russia of coercion in ‘sham’ referendaRussia launched referenda on Friday aimed at annexing four occupied regions of Ukraine, raising the stakes in what Kyiv has called sham that saw residents threatened with punishment if they did not vote. Ukrainian officials said people were banned from leaving some occupied areas until the four-day vote was over, armed groups were going into homes, and employees were threatened with dismissal if they did not participate. “Today, the best thing for the people of Kherson would be not to open their doors,” said Yuriy Sobolevsky, the displac…
