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Story summary
- Russia is holding a Duma election, the first parliamentary vote since the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
- Voting includes Russian-controlled Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, which authorities say have 3.5 million eligible voters.
- Ukraine condemned the election as illegal and urged foreign governments not to recognize it.
- Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin blamed Kyiv’s overnight drone barrage for attempting to disrupt the polls.
