Residents of separatist-controlled regions in eastern Ukraine have been voting to elect legislators and executives in polls that have been staunchly denounced by the international community.

European Union foreign ministers added 13 people to their visa ban and asset freeze list over Ukraine’s crisis.

Some 90% of voters in a key industrial region in eastern Ukraine have come out in favour of sovereignty, pro-Russian insurgents said.

Some 90% of voters in a key industrial region in eastern Ukraine have come out in favour of sovereignty, pro-Russian insurgents said.