Reporting on the ground from RT (Russia Today)
RT's Middle East bureau chief reporting from Donetsk:
Actual OSCE:
The Minsk agreement had called for devolved power and local provisional elections in separatist-controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk "in accordance with the law of Ukraine."
More from Poroshenko's statement, which can be found in Ukrainian here:
"The farce being conducted under the threat of tanks and guns by the two terrorist organizations in parts of Donbas is a terrible event that has nothing to do with real will.'
"All elections on Ukrainian territory where Ukrainian citizens are voting must take place exclusively under Ukrainian law," he said.
Russian Duma to 'definitely' interact with separatist "republics"
Frants Klintsevich, one of United Russia's leaders in the Duma says "the elections confirmed that the republics' leaders were in charge and legitimized them," according to Interfax. "We will definitely interact with them as we do with any legitimate government."
Voting has ended in Donetsk, but on a cold night few seem to have turned out for the party in the city's central square.
Marton Gyongyosy, an "observer" from Hungary's far-right Jobbik party, tells RT "from an organizational standpoint, these elections were carried out at a high level despite the fact that they took place under such unusual circumstances."
He also once said this: