Luhansk

Pro-Russian separatists are claiming a landslide success in referenda on independence in two provinces of eastern Ukraine. Kiev has condemned the polls as a farce. Donetsk has already asked to join Russia. But Moscow appears to be keeping the separatists at arm’s length. For the moment. Pro-Russian separatists are claiming a landslide success in referenda on independence in two provinces of eastern Ukraine. Kiev has condemned the polls as a farce. Donetsk has already asked to join Russia. But Moscow appears to be keeping the separatists at arm’s length. For the moment.