Pro-Russian rebels elected a separatist leadership in eastern Ukraine on Nov. 2 in a vote President Petro Poroshenko called "a farce."
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Reuters: Pro-Russian rebels vote for leaders in eastern Ukraine
The US and EU have already denounced it as illegitimate, but Russia has said it would recognise the result, deepening a crisis that began with the popular overthrow of a Moscow-backed president in February.
