East Ukraine vote 'unfortunate and counterproductive' - U.N.'s Ban


VIENNA (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday the holding of separatist elections in eastern Ukraine at the weekend was "unfortunate and counterproductive".

Pro-Russian rebels elected their own leadership on Sunday in a vote denounced by Kiev and the West, further deepening a standoff with Russia over the future of the former Soviet state.

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