Moscow Holds Elections In Illegally Occupied Parts Of Ukraine

Regional elections began in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine as Authorities seek to cement Moscow’s control of what it calls its “new territories.”

The voting, which runs until September 10, is being held in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, four Ukrainian regions claimed by Russia since its full-scale invasion.

However a Ukrainian Official described the polling as a “sham.”

Meanwhile, a Ukrainian drone attacked a town in Western Russia, close to one of the Country’s biggest nuclear power stations, a Russian Official said on Friday.

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