DONETSK, Ukraine: Separatist leaders in Russian-backed areas of eastern Ukraine on Monday looked set for an expected victory according to preliminary results in polls condemned as illegal by Kiev and Western countries.
DONETSK, Ukraine: Separatist leaders in Russian-backed areas of eastern Ukraine on Monday looked set for an expected victory according to preliminary results in polls condemned as illegal by Kiev and Western countries.
The Free Donbass public movement - 23.9%
Two self-proclaimed republics in Russian-occupied Donbas, eastern Ukraine – the "Donetsk People's Republic" ("DPR") and the "Luhansk People's Republic" ("LPR") – have boasted of high "voter turnout" rates during the local "elections" held on November 11. The international community, in turn, condemned the illegal "local elections" in Donbas.
Residents of the eastern Ukraine regions controlled by Russia-backed separatist rebels voted Sunday for local governments in elections denounced by Kiev an
Residents of the eastern Ukraine regions controlled by Russia-backed separatist rebels voted Sunday for local governments in elections denounced by Kiev and the West.
Voters in the Kremlin-backed regions of eastern Ukraine are voting Sunday for local government leaders. The elections have been denounced by Kyiv, Washing
The world has strongly condemned the holding of fake elections in the occupied territories of Donbas on November 11, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said.
Ukrainian president also said that Ukraine had begun consultations on this issue with the permanent members of the UN Security Council in New York.
Ukraine's Global Voice
KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Rebel-controlled Donetsk and Luhansk regions in eastern Ukraine hold leadership elections on Sunday in the shadow of a conflict that has killed more than 10,000 people and poisoned relations between Ukraine and Russia. Ukraine and its international backers have lined up to condemn
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has urged Ukrainians living in the temporarily occupied territories of Donbas, namely in the self-proclaimed "Luhansk People's Republic" ("LPR") and "Donetsk People's Republic" ("DPR") not to participate in the so-called "elections" scheduled for Sunday, November 11. Russia makes this step only to elect the next puppets already appointed by them," the head of state said.
The Kremlin-organized election in the occupied Donbas is scheduled for November 11