MOSCOW: Ukrainian bombardments killed two people and set an oil facility ablaze in Russia on Saturday, the second day of showpiece elections guarantee...
: Ukrainian bombardments killed two people and set an oil facility ablaze in Russia on Saturday, the second day of showpiece elections guaranteed to cement President Vladimir Putin'sPresidential polls opened this week but voting has been marred by an uptick in fatal Ukrainian aerial attacks and a series of incursions into Russian territory by pro-Ukrainian sabotage groups.
Throughout Saturday, Russia's defence ministry said it had downed rockets, missiles and drones over Belgorod and Kursk, another border region that has seen an uptick in attacks.It also said Russian forces had fought off more attempted infiltrations by “Ukrainian militant sabotage and reconnaissance groups”.
“Can you imagine how many people died? And now our border villages are suffering. We worry for them,“ she said. He faces no genuine competition in the vote, having barred two candidates who opposed the conflict in Ukraine. Voting was also taking place in parts of Ukraine occupied by Russian forces -- a move decried as “illegal” and a “sham” by Kyiv and Western governments.
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