Romania condemns the holding of Russian elections in the temporarily occupied and illegally annexed territories of Ukraine, as well as the opening of polling stations in Transnistria and two regions of Georgia without the consent of the authorities, the press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs states. , emphasizing that the voting results in these regions will be zero.

“Romania strongly condemns the holding of elections by Russia in the temporarily occupied and illegally annexed territories of Ukraine. They violate international law, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. These elections are illegal and illegitimate, their result is zero,” said a post on the X network of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania, which emphasizes that Romania supports the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine.

Also, “Romania strongly condemns the opening of polling stations for Russian elections in the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova and in the regions of Georgia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia without the consent of the Moldovan and Georgian authorities, respectively. “This is illegal and violates international law,” said another post on MAE’s account on the X network, formerly Twitter.

The Ukrainian resistance set off an explosion near a polling station in the occupied city of Skadovsk, Kherson region, on March 15, because Russia illegally opened voting in the presidential elections in the occupied territories of Ukraine, the Center of National Resistance reported on March 16, Kyiv Independent reports. .

On the second day of the presidential election, Ukrainian drones penetrated deep into Russia, targeting three oil refineries.

The Security Service of Ukraine attacked three Rosneft oil refineries in Russia’s Samara region overnight with drones, a Ukrainian source told Reuters on Saturday.

“The SBU continues to implement its strategy of undermining the economic potential of the Russian Federation, which allows it to wage war in Ukraine,” the source said. According to the source, the attacks were successful, but did not provide further details.