Here's our wrap up as the vote count continued today. That concludes our live blogging for Monday, October 27.
Monitors Praise Ukraine Vote, Russia Wants 'Constructive' Government
Good morning. We'll start today's Ukraine live blog with this update from RFE/RL's news desk:
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said Moscow plans to recognize elections being organized on November 2 in eastern Ukraine in defiance of the government in Kyiv.
In an interview to the "Izvestia" daily published on October 28, Lavrov said: "We expect the elections will go ahead as agreed, and we will of course recognize the results."
Leaders of the pro-Russian insurgents in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions have said they will hold elections in their so-called "people's republics" to elect separate parliaments and their own leaders.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said any local elections held in Ukraine must be conducted in accordance with Ukrainian laws, indicating Kyiv will not consider the polls planned for Donetsk or Luhansk to be legitimate.
Kyiv has offered three-year "self-rule" to parts of Donetsk and Luhansk, with local elections to be conducted on December 7.
Pro-Russian separatists in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk declared independence from Ukrainian rule after Russia annexed Crimea in March.
Voters in separatist-controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk did not take part in Ukraine's parliamentary elections on October 26.
(TASS, AFP)
Here's a Reuters video issued by our multimedia department of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov saying that Moscow will recognize Ukraine's parliamentary election results:
Ukraine Says It Uncovered Plot to Create People's Republic in Odessa http://t.co/7ZWyHzuUvo #news
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) October 28, 2014
Today is 70th anniversary of #Ukraine's liberation from Nazi occupation. President's greetings http://t.co/k1AdgV23VH pic.twitter.com/Fmlr2Y2xNe
— MFA Russia (@mfa_russia) October 28, 2014
#UkraineRemembers pic.twitter.com/ezl7JjoX5Y
— MFA of Ukraine (@MFA_Ukraine) October 28, 2014
Lavrov claims Sunday's elections in separatist "republics" are "main aspect of Minsk agreements, imp. f legitimacy" http://t.co/RWXcwxFzK0
— Nikolaus von Twickel (@niktwick) October 28, 2014
Right Sector party lost Ukr elex, won't be in Rada. But w/ win in single-mandate Dnipro district, leader Yarosh will. pic.twitter.com/Csbd8vOWN3
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) October 28, 2014
On historic #Ukraine elections & country's continued push West, as fighting persists in east where many couldn't vote http://t.co/10sqL28aFY
— David M. Herszenhorn (@herszenhorn) October 28, 2014
Here is a map of the today's military situation in east Ukraine issued by Kyiv's National Security and Defence Council (click to enlarge):
