Russia holds parliamentary elections in occupied Ukrainian regions amid Ukrainian drone attacks
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Russia is holding its first State Duma election since invading Ukraine, with voting also imposed in occupied Ukrainian regions. According to NPR News, this marks the first time that Russia's parliamentary election is being held in areas it seized from Ukraine more than four and a half years ago. Deutsche Welle reports that President Vladimir Putin's party, United Russia, is expected to dominate the tightly controlled contest. France24 English notes that the election, which Putin has framed as a test of public support for Russia’s war in Ukraine, entered its final day on Sunday. Meanwhile, The Guardian World reports that Ukraine launched a major attack on Moscow and other parts of Russia on the final day of the election, involving hundreds of drones and the first acknowledged use of ballistic missiles by Kyiv in the war. The attack killed at least two people and damaged an oil refinery, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Authorities accuse Zelenskyy of trying to disrupt Russian elections.
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