BREAKING NEWS: 96.2% IN LUGANSK REGION VOTE FOR SELF-RULE - ELECTION COMMISSION

Referendum results in Donetsk and Lugansk Regions show landslide support for self-rule.

The results of referendums have been announced in Donetsk and Lugansk Regions, showing the majority of voters support self-rule, amid an intensified military operation by Kiev which resulted in several deaths.

Almost 90 percent of voters in Donetsk Region have endorsed political independence from Kiev, the head of the Central Election Commission of the self-proclaimed ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’, Roman Lyagin, announced.

1 Killed, Several Injured in Ukraine's Krasnoarmeysk as national guards Open Fire - witnesses

One civilian was killed and several others wounded in eastern Ukraine as the National Guard started shooting at protesters and voters, who had gathered around a seized polling station in Krasnoarmeysk, self-defense forces and witnesses said.

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The National Guard entered the city in the Donetsk region earlier on Sunday and occupied several polling stations, the city council building among them. First reports on shooting appeared on Twitter.