Volodymyr Zelenskyy says any "pseudo referendums" held in Russian-occupied components of Ukraine can be a "slap within the face for the worldwide group".
With Russia controlling giant swathes of the japanese Donbas area and components of southern Ukraine, officers have raised the opportunity of holding referendums.
The referendums can be votes on whether or not locals would wish to be part of Russia and it was a transfer used when Russia annexed Crimea again in 2014.
However in his nightly tackle, Zelenskyy, contemporary from assembly UN chief Antonio Guterres and Turkey president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, hit out on the transfer.
"I known as on each Mr President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Mr Secretary Common of the United Nations Antonio Guterres to voice the strictest attainable place concerning Russia's deliberate pseudo-referendums within the occupied territory," he stated.
"Any pseudo-referendum can be a slap within the face of the worldwide group," he added.
Russian forces maintain a lot of the Kherson area in southern Ukraine and officers in cost have advised a referendum on becoming a member of Russia might be held throughout the coming weeks or months.
In Donbas, Russian proxies seized chunks of territory in 2014, held independence referendums and proclaimed "individuals's republics" in Luhansk and Donetsk areas.
The Kremlin recognised the republics on the eve of the February invasion.
The governor of the Luhansk area — nearly completely underneath Russian management for a number of weeks — advised earlier in August that Russia was getting ready for a brand new referendum in newly captured areas and was providing residents advantages for participating.
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