PETRIVSKE -- The village council building is a blown-out shell. The store next door is a metal skeleton. People's homes are piles of rubble, a reminder of the days when Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels waged war amid this village's cottages and streets.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Wall Street Journal: In hope and defiance, voters in east Ukraine go to polls in rebel elections
Ukraine, the US, the European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe condemned Sunday's election as a serious violation of the cease-fire agreement.
