EU Threatens Sanctions Over Russia’s Sham Elections in Occupied Ukraine
The EU condemned Russia’s parliamentary elections in occupied parts of Ukraine as a violation of international law and pledged sanctions against those involved in staging the vote.
The EU has threatened sanctions against candidates and officials involved in organizing Russia’s parliamentary elections in occupied Ukrainian territories, declaring that it will never recognize either the vote or its results. The bloc strongly condemned Russia’s organization of what it called illegal elections in occupied Crimea and Sevastopol, as well as Russian-controlled parts of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions.
Brussels described the voting as another "blatant violation" of international law, including the UN Charter, and of Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity.
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