Ukraine attacks Russian electoral center aiming to disrupt election
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As the Russian presidential election process runs smoothly in Moscow, Beirut, and Damascus, a Ukrainian drone attacked a center in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
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People attend voting during a presidential election in the Pacific port city of Vladivostok, east of Moscow, Russia, on March 17, 2024. (AP)
In the Russian capital Moscow, electoral centers opened their doors for voters for the third and final day as scheduled, according to the Chairwoman of the Moscow City Election Commission, Olga Kirillova.
"All centers opened their doors [for voters] normally today," Kirillova announced, adding that all voting systems are functioning properly on Sunday.
On his part, the head of the Public Headquarters for Election Observation in Moscow, Vadim Kovalev, said that nearly 70,000 voters in Moscow submitted their balots online since Saturday night.
According to the Election Commission in the capital, more than 4.3 million voters in Moscow submitted their ballots as of 8:00 am (local time) on Monday.
In Russian-controlled areas in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast, a Ukrainian suicide drone attacked an electoral center causing fire, the Oblast's Election Commission told Sputnik on Sunday morning, adding that the center had not yet opened its doors.
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No human losses were recorded in the incident, as the Commission moved the elections to a backup room to receive voters in the Oblast.
Over in Syria, the Russian Embassy in Damascus opened its doors to Russian nationals in the country, Sputnik's correspondent reported on Sunday.
In Lebanon, the Russian Cultural Center in Beirut also opened its doors to voters on the final day of elections, scheduled from March 15-17, the news agency reported.
Thousands of kilometers away, in South Africa's capital Pretoria, the Russian Embassy also opened its doors for Russian nationals to submit their ballots on Monday.
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