Ukraine war updates: Russia heads to the polls; 20 dead in Odesa after Russian missile attack

Russians head to the polls on Friday in a presidential election that is all but certain to grant President Vladimir Putin a fifth term in power.

Voting will take place over three days, though there is no credible opponent to the incumbent leader.

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday

that Russian attempts to hold elections in occupied territories or to force regional residents to head to the polls would be “illegal” — a sentiment echoed…