The United States says it does not recognize the results of “so-called” referendums held on Sunday in eastern Ukraine, viewing them as "a transparent attempt to create disorder." White House spokesman Jay Carney offered the assessment at a press briefing on May 12, a day after pro-Russia separatists held votes in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions claiming overwhelming popular support for the regions’ secession from Ukraine.
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Voice of America: US says it does not recognize east Ukraine polls
The head of the Central Election Commission Oleksander Malykhin goes inside the seized Regional State Administration building in Luhansk.
