A voter gets a ballot during the referendum on the joining of Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republic and Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions of Ukraine to Russia, in Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia region, partially controlled by pro-Russian troops, Ukraine. 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.