And tell low. Youre watching cnn newsroom. Thank you for joining us. Im natalie allen. Good to be with you, natalie and im errol barnet. We begin this hour with ukraine. Pro russian separatists in the eastern part of the country saying theyre going to go ahead, move forward with these plans for a referendum this weekend despite a plea from Vladimir Putin to delay that vote. The ballots have been printed already. Theyve already been set up in a number of eastern cities where some residents want autonomy from kiev, the capital. But a Pew Research Poll shows 70 of the people in ukraines east want the country to stay united. Meanwhile, separatists in luhansk and donetsk say they have no choice but to move ahead. Translator against the back drop of todays events, against the back drop of the genocide that happened in odessa, the move is only rising in the people and to not postpone for any reason. Translator im sure that if the referendum is not held on the 11th may, we would not be able to