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The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) warns residents of Donetsk and Luhansk regions of taking part in the pseudo-election scheduled for November 2.

‘According to tentative information from the SBU, militants and occupants of Donbas are preparing for provocations at polling stations and in crowded places and then to impose responsibility for this on Ukrainian authorities,’ reads a statement of SBU issued by the press center on Saturday, November 2.

SBU said that Ukrainian enforcers will not use any force towards Ukrainian citizens – peaceful residents of Donetsk and Luhansk regions – on November 2 as usual.

SBU warns that the election to be held on November is illegal and participation in it is life-threatening.