A refugee from Ukraine regions held by Russia shows her ballot for a referendum at a polling station in Rostov-on-Don on September 24, 2022. - The voting on whether Russia should annex four regions of Ukraine started on September 23, 2022, dramatically raising the stakes seven months after Moscow's troops invaded. Western nations dismissed the referendums in Kremlin-controlled regions of eastern and southern Ukraine. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP)