Ukraine Polls Wrap Up Amid Widening Policy Fissures in Europe

Election commission members count votes of refugees from Russian-held regions of Ukraine for a referendum at a polling station in Simferopol, Crimea, on Sept. 27, 2022. Stringer/AFP via Getty Images

Referendums in four Russia-held regions of Ukraine wrapped up on Sept. 27 amid warnings from Kyiv that Ukrainian citizens who took part in organizing the polling could expect to face jail time.

“We are talking about hundreds of collaborators,” Ukrainian presidential adviser Mikhailo Podolyak said. “They will be prosecuted for treason.”