Polling Station Hours Cut in Russian-Controlled Donetsk Region Amid Drone Threat
Voting hours for a September 20 poll in the Donetsk People's Republic will be shortened due to increased drone activity, Russian state news agency TASS reported.
Polling stations in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), a Russian-controlled administrative region in eastern Ukraine, will operate for reduced hours on September 20 because of heightened drone activity, according to a report by Russian state news agency TASS.
TASS reported that the stations will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Moscow time, a shortened window compared with standard voting hours. The agency did not specify what election or vote is scheduled to take place on that date, nor did it provide further detail on the source of the decision to curtail hours.
TASS attributed the change to concerns over drone activity, though the report did not specify the origin of the drones or provide additional security details.
The DPR is a self-proclaimed entity established in territory seized from Ukraine that has been annexed by Russia, a move not recognized by Ukraine or most of the international community. Ukraine and Western governments have characterized elections and votes organized by Russian-installed authorities in occupied territories as illegitimate.
TASS is a Russian state-owned news agency. Independent confirmation of the report's details was not immediately available.
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