Polls have opened in two regions of eastern Ukraine in controversial leadership elections held by pro-Russia separatists that Kyiv and the West have refused to recognize and which threatens to deepen the international crisis over the conflict.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Al Jazeera: Ukraine separatists in controversial polls
Self-proclaimed Governor of the Donetsk People's Republic Pavel Gubarev speaks to local residents and reporters during a concert in Donetsk's main square to celebrate the first six months of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic on Oct. 4, 2014.
