Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged the international community to condemn Russia's intention to hold presidential elections in temporarily occupied territories and to impose sanctions on those involved in their organization.

Russia's Central Election Commission announced on 8 December that the next presidential elections will be held on 15-17 March 2024

Russia intends to organize voting in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Sevastopol, and parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts

Holding Russian elections on Ukrainian territories is a gross violation of Ukraine's Constitution and international law

Ukraine calls on the international community to impose sanctions on those involved in organizing the elections

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called on the international community to strongly condemn Russia's intention to hold presidential elections in the occupied Ukrainian territories and to impose sanctions on those involved in their organisation and conduct.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine warned foreign countries not to send their citizens as observers to these pseudo-elections, stating that those who do will face criminal liability under Ukrainian law.