A man casts his ballot during the referendum on the joining of Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republic and Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions of Ukraine to Russia, at the polling station in Tver, Russia. The people's republics of Donetsk and Luhansk (DPR, LPR), as well as the Russian-controlled parts of the Ukrainian regions of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson launch referendum procedures on joining Russia that will run through September 27.