zaporizhzhia. people in the war torn regions are being asked if they wish to join the russian federation. ben wedeman is tracking the latest annexation live. how is all of this expected to play out, ben? reporter: well, i mean, it s a good question, christine, whether to call it a vote. this is going on from today until the 27th of september. the last day will be in person voting. before that people were getting many people in these regions will be getting a knock on the door and be presented with a ballot box. in some regions the ballot is only in russian. in other areas, in kherson region, 50% of the population has fled because of the war. so it s very dubious about how credible the outcomes will be. you called it a sham. most people are calling it a sham outside those russian occupied parts of ukraine. in fact, ukrainian officials are calling on people to boycott these referenda. the results will be announced several days after the closing of ballot boxes, if we can ev
occupied parts of ukraine. in fact, ukrainian officials are calling on people to boycott these referenda. the results will be announced several days after the closing of ballot boxes, if we can even call them that, and the outcome is really not in doubt. back in 2014 after russia took over the crimea, they also had a similar referendum and the result, not surprisingly, was 97% in favor of joining russia. so the result is a foregone conclusion but it s highly questionable if the result will be credible, christine. doug wedeman for us in kharkiv. this morning there s a mass exodus out of russia. the number of russians crossing over as there are fears of
of air power. what they don t seem to have is a lot of will power when it comes to keeping the pressure up on the opposition. the opposition may have the upper hand simply because they believe in what they re doing. doug wedeman on the scene for us in eastern libya. thanks very muff. libyan rebels will certainly is a tough time toppling gadhafi as long as he still has loyal troops willing to fight for him and kill for him. let s bring in cnn s fareed zakaria. he s the host of fareed zakaria gps. fareed, the president of the united states told the majors in the libyan army, don t kill fellow libyans or we ll hunt you down. what s the strategy in weaning them from gadhafi? i think it s precisely what you said. to try to make everybody around gadhafi feel nervous about executing orders. remember, we already know that there are a lot of people who have not wanted to execute the