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12:01 a.m.: Ukraine's president says Russia is planning a sham independence vote in occupied regions, Agence France-Presse reports.
Speaking in a Thursday video message, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged residents of occupied areas not to provide any personal information to the Russians, saying the information would be used to falsify a vote.
Some information in this report came from The Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France-Presse.
