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Gunpoint elections with no credible monitors installed two men on EU blacklists as the new leaders of Donetsk and Luhansk (Photo: dasjo)

EU and UN reject 'farcical' east Ukraine votes

The EU, the UN, and Nato have rejected the outcome of “so-called elections” in Ukraine rebel zones, but Russia and a handful of fringe MEPs gave their stamp of approval.

In her first official statement as the EU’s foreign policy chief, Italy’s Federica Mogherini said the polls are “a new obstacle on the path towards peace in Ukraine … illegal and illegitimate”.

She added they were held “contrary to the letter and the spirit of the Minsk Protocol” - a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire deal...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Gunpoint elections with no credible monitors installed two men on EU blacklists as the new leaders of Donetsk and Luhansk (Photo: dasjo)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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