The leader of a group of separatists in eastern Ukraine has been sworn in as the head of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic. The UN has called the region's election "unfortunate and counterproductive."
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Alexander Zakharchenko (R), Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and presidential candidate, speaks to media during a press conference in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Nov. 2.