After Russia reported impossible turnouts amid "voting" under gunpoint in a land that is not it own, Ukraine is calling on the world to declare Putin an illegitimate president
Western leaders reject Putin's election in occupied areas of Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia as illegitimate, decrying the repression of opposition in Russia, lack of genuine competition.
Ukraine urged not using "elections" for Russia's events, as Ukraine and over 55 countries denounced the voting in Russian-occupied Ukrainian areas as invalid and illegitimate.
The European Platform for Democratic Elections urged the EU to consider sanctions and visa restrictions for non-EU nationals involved in unauthorized activities in Russian-occupied Ukrainian regions.
Ukraine destroyed 6 Russian boats in Kherson, preventing Russian footholds, retook villages in south and east as its drones destroyed over 200 Russian targets in a week.
Russia is poised to organize fraudulent elections in the occupied Ukrainian regions, leaving little doubt about the lack of fairness and independence, according to British intelligence.