Spokesman for the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Dmytro Hutsuliak says that during the so-called “elections” in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions on November 11, “state employees” received text messages with threats, while pensioners were handed out food packages.
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UNIAN: Ukrainian intelligence claims people in Donbas received texts with threats during pseudo-elections
The election commission members count ballots at 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 eastern Ukraine on Nov. 11, 2018 elect new leaders after the assassination of top separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko as Kyiv urged the West to slap new sanctions on Russia.
