Russia to hold presidential election in four annexed Ukrainian regions - Ifax

A pedestrian crosses a street near a building with a banner displaying the slogan "We are Russian Donbass!" in the rebel-held city of Donetsk, Ukraine September 9, 2021. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/FIle Photo

(Reuters) - Russia's presidential election next March will include voting in four regions of Ukraine that Russia claimed as its own territory last year, Interfax news agency quoted the central election commission as saying on Monday.

Ukraine has already said that any Russian vote in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions will be null and void, and that it will prosecute any observers sent to monitor voting.