The EU says there will be consequences for the organisers of so-called referendums in occupied parts of Ukraine.
Pro-Russia leaders in the four occupied regions say the votes show the vast majority of people support the annexation of the areas by Russia.
But the referendums have widely been condemned as illegitimate.
The BBC has been told that soldiers were going door to door to make people take part in the votes.
Meanwhile, several countries say ruptures to Russian gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea were caused deliberately, possibly by explosives.
Ukrainian military commanders on the southern frontline have told the BBC they're making limited progress in their counter-offensive against Russia's invasion force.
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