{
  "id": 8911043,
  "title": "Lithuania states non-recognition of fictitious elections in occupied Ukrainian territory",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/lithuania-states-non-recognition-of-fictitious-elections-in-occupied",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T11:12:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Interfax-Ukraine",
    "slug": "interfax-ukraine",
    "url": "https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/1207425.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys has stated that the Russian occupiers' holding of illegal elections in the occupied territories of Ukraine is a gross violation of international law and Lithuania will never recognize them.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}