Russia to stage sham referendum in south Ukraine, says Zelenskiy | First Thing
Ukrainian leader tells residents in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia not to give personal information to Russian forces. Plus, 350,000 fewer American kindergarteners vaccinated against common diseases
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Volodymyr Zelenskiy has accused Russia of planning to hold a sham independence referendum in the partly occupied southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
How many Mariupol residents have been killed? Boichenko estimated the death toll has passed 20,000.
A Russian military official has been quoted saying that Moscow intends to control all of southern Ukraine, according to the Interfax news agency.
The US has dismissed Russian claims that it had seized full control of Mariupol as disinformation".
Was Ivanka Trump subpoenaed? No - she attended voluntarily.
How many witnesses have been interviewed? More than 800.
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