Russian-backed breakaway enclaves in Ukraine’s far east announced on Monday that they had elected new parliaments and government leadership in votes on Sunday that Kiev and its western backers condemned as violations of the faltering 2015 Minsk peace agreements.
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Financial Times: Breakaway Ukraine enclaves elect new leaders in defiance of West
The election commission members attend the polling station in Donetsk, in the rebel-held area of eastern Ukraine on Nov. 11, 2018, as Kremlin-backed separatists choose their new leaders despite Western calls on Moscow not to sabotage peace talks. - Voters in rebel-held east Ukraine chose new leaders Sunday after Russia defied Western calls not to sabotage peace talks and Kiev urged fresh sanctions against the Kremlin.
