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Voting Begins On Independence For Eastern Ukraine
Residents of two fractious regions of eastern Ukraine began voting Sunday in a controversial referendum over independence from the central government in Kiev.
Separatists opened polls at 8 a.m. local time (1 a.m. EDT) in Donetsk and Luhansk, despite Russian President Vladimir Putin's call last week to postpone. Ukrainian acting President Oleksandr Turchynov called it an act of self-destruction and "a step into the abyss," the New York Times said.
Voters in Donetsk will answer yes or no to the single question on the copy-paper ballot: "Do you support the act of self-rule of the Donetsk People's Republic?" The ballot in Luhansk asks a similar question.
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