Russia Holds Early Voting in Occupied Ukrainian Territories
A local election campaign poster on a street in central Donetsk.
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Russia has started early voting in occupied areas of Ukraine for regional elections deemed illegal under international law.
Polls opened on Aug. 31 in the Russian-controlled areas of the Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions in Ukraine because they are close to the front line and can be hard to access, according to the official government newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta and local election authorities. Election commission members are collecting votes door-to-door in 375 villages in both regions and aim to cover more than 214,000 people. Voting will last through the next weekend.