The Central Elections Commission said voting in March would go ahead in Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson—regions of Ukraine over which Russia still does not have full military control. Ukraine earlier urged the international community to “resolutely condemn Russia’s intention to hold presidential elections in the occupied Ukrainian territories.”. Russia has previously held elections in occupied regions of Ukraine, with votes denounced by Kyiv and the West as null and void. Moscow held ballots for local officials in the four Ukrainian regions in September. Russia unilaterally annexed the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 and has held ballots there since.

Source: Nigerian Tribune December 11, 2023 23:00 UTC