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RFE/RL: Ukraine’s separatists hold vote seen by many as Kremlin-backed sham (VIDEO)

Voters are heading to ballot boxes in Donetsk, the eastern Ukrainian city controlled by Russia-backed separatists, to vote in unilaterally-declared polls on Nov. 11. Elections in separatist-held parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, respectively, are aimed to choose new leaders of the Kremlin-supported entities. Ukraine, the United States, and the European Union have condemned the vote as a sham manipulated by Russia.