Pro-Russian rebels stage 'farce' vote in Ukraine's east

May 11, 2014 18:52

Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine held a vote on independence today, slammed by Kiev as a Kremlin-backed "criminal farce", amid fears the poll could spark civil war and lead to the break-up of the ex-Soviet republic.

Western nations supporting Ukraine's government in its showdown with pro-Moscow insurgents stressed the self-rule "referendums" for the provinces of Donetsk and Lugansk were illegal and would not be recognised.

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