We and our partners do the following data processing based on your consent: store and/or access information on a device, personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development Precinct election commission members set up a polling station for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Moscow on September 17, 2026. © Pavel Bednyakov, AP Polling stations opened early Friday in Russia's Far East, kicking off a three-day election that President Vladimir Putin's party is all but guaranteed to win in the fifth year of war with Ukraine.Follow our liveblog for the latest updates. Russia strikes Nova Poshta facilities near Ukraine's Odesa, defence ministry says Russian drones have hit Nova Poshta's logistics hub near the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odesa as well as a cargo vessel in the nearby port of Chornomorsk, the Russian defence ministry said on Telegram, citing the use of both for military purposes. Russian drone strike injures five in Ukraine's Kyiv region, official says A morning Russian drone attack has injured five people, including three children, in the Kyiv region around the Ukrainian capital, regional governor Tymur Tkachenko said on the Telegram messaging app. 🎥 US Midterms: Russian disinformation campaign targets Democrats With US midterm elections now less than two months away, a series of videos have surfaced online, featuring celebrities seemingly denouncing the Democrats.
However, the clips are false and were created using artificial intelligence, as FRANCE 24's Charlotte Hughes explains. US President Donald Trump said that Washington and Warsaw were making 'major progress' toward establishing a US military base in Poland, potentially giving the United States a permanent military foothold on NATO's eastern flank even as his administration reviews its broader troop presence in Europe. Polling stations opened early Friday in Russia's Far East, kicking off a three-day election that President Vladimir Putin's party is all but guaranteed to win in the fifth year of war with Ukraine.
It will be Russia's first parliamentary election since Moscow sent troops to Ukraine in February 2022. The conflict has since killed hundreds of thousands. Only parties that support Putin and the Kremlin's dragging military campaign have been registered to run.
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