The United States condemns Russia's attempts to undermine Ukraine's sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence through sham elections held by Russia in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories. This was stated at a briefing by US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller, UNN reports with reference to Voice of America.
"The United States will never recognize the legitimacy or results of the sham presidential election that Russia is holding on the territory of sovereign Ukraine. We recognize that Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and Crimea are Ukraine," the official said.
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According to NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov, Ukraine will not recognize the Russian presidential election, as "there have been no elections in the country for a long time.