UKRAINE CRISIS: RUSSIA TO RECOGNIZE REBEL VOTE IN DONETSK AND LUHANSK (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Tuesday, October 28, 2014, 13:05

Russia says it will recognise the results of controversial separatist elections in eastern Ukraine, which the rebels plan to hold on 2 November.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said elections in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions "will be important to legitimise the authorities there".

But Ukraine and Western governments say the elections should not go ahead. They accuse Russia of arming the rebels.

Poland plans to reinforce its eastern military bases, closer to Ukraine.

Ukrainian troops have been battling the pro-Russian rebels in the east.

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