Polling stations have now opened in Eastern Ukraine where people will go to the polls in a referendum to decide on whether the region will be governed by Kiev or Moscow.
But, according to the leaders of France and Germany, today's referendum in eastern Ukraine is illegal.
The French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel fear it will lead to further destabilisation of Ukraine.
Sky's Katie Stallard is at a polling station in Donetsk.
