Russia-Ukraine war: Putin says Crimea ‘returned home’ when it was annexed and declares Donbas part of ‘New Russia’ – as it happened
by Gloria Oladipo (now); Yohannes Lowe and Lili Bayer from World news | The Guardian on (#6KE05)
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The EU has said the Russian election took place in a highly restricted environment exacerbated by Russia's illegal war of aggression against Ukraine".
The EU said it regretted the decision of Russian authorities not to invite international observers to its elections.
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