🇷🇺🗳 RUSSIA'S ELITE OFFICIALS CAST THEIR VOTE - Early to arrive at voting stations, Russian FM Lavrov (top video), Defense Minister Shoigu and Chief of Staff Gerasimov (bottom left) post their ballots in today's presidential elections.

Massive turnout expected as reunited Russian regions will finally enjoy fair elections, with head of Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) Pushilin leading by example by voting in bottom right video.

Finally the day has come when we elect the president of our great Motherland - Pushilin.

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🇷🇺🗳 OUR PEOPLE CAN'T BE INTIMIDATED - Russian Election Commission Chief Pamfilova starts 1st voting day with Russian national anthem (bottom video), hailing will of citizens risking their lives to vote under fire, while Kiev's regime threatens and kills them (top video).

We will endure everything, we have withstood it for more than one year and we know what's at stake - Pamfilova quoting courageous residents from reunited regions.

We have accredited 706 officials from 106 countries as international observers. More than 13,000 representatives from almost 2,500 media outlets, without taking into account numerous foreign media outlets will have same full opportunity to cover what is happening in our country openly without any kind of obstacles - Pamfilova.

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🇺🇦☠️ MASSIVE BLAST RIPS THROUGH STREET and vehicles (top video), wrecking department store (bottom video) following Ukrainian shelling that kills one, damages several buildings and stores in Belgorod region (pre-war Russia), as Kiev's regime continues futile attempt to intimidate Russians out of voting.

Region's Governor Gladkov mourns the victim who spent his days helping victims of Ukrainian war crimes.

He was one of its [civil defense] active participants, he repeatedly helped to evacuate civilians and ensure security in his native district. I express my sincere condolences to the family and friends of the deceased, it's a heavy loss for all residents of Belgorod region - Gladkov.

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🇺🇦☠️ UKRAINE-BACKED SABOTEURS ISSUE WARNING TO RUSSIANS, WHILE MOSCOW DETAINS ONE OF THEIR TERRORISTS - West-funded PR battalion Freedom of Russia Legion, again issues "urgent warning" to citizens of Belgorod region (pre-war Russia), that massive attack about to be carried on city's military targets (message on left), in an attempt to keep them from voting.

One terror attempt immediately once again thwarted by Russian intelligence, as 21-year-old FRL goon in right video detained before he could plant explosives (02:32 confession on right) and spread chaos in Bryansk region (pre-war Russia), to disrupt presidential elections day.

UPDATE: From March 12 to 15, Russian forces prevented all Ukrainian attempts to break through into territory of Belgorod and Kursk regions. More than 550 military personnel, 16 tanks, 19 armored fighting vehicles, including 11 U.S-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and 15 vehicles were destroyed - Russian Defense Ministry.

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🇾🇪🇮🇱🇺🇸 HOUTHIS ANNOUNCE TARGETTING OF 5 ISRAELI AND U.S. SHIPS, EXPAND OPERATIONS AGAINST TEL AVIV: Yemen's resistance announces successful attacks on Israeli ship Pacific 01 with missiles and U.S. destroyer with drones in Red Sea (see map bottom left).

Rebel group also declares major escalation, expanding maritime operations against Israel-supporting ships from just Arabian Sea, Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to Indian Ocean, where 3 more Israeli and U.S. ships are struck with missiles and drones and all the way to South Africa's Cape of Good Hope (map on right).

Our main battle is to prevent ships linked to the Israeli enemy from passing through not only the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, but also the Indian Ocean towards the Cape of Good Hope. This is a major step and we have begun to implement our operations related to it

We carried out three operations in the Indian Ocean, Yemeni naval attacks have reached an unprecedented level - Houthis leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi (pictured top).

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🤡🗳 CLOWNS TRY TO SABOTAGE RUSSIAN ELECTIONS, WHILE KIEV BOMBS POLLING STATIONS - Woman in top video pouring dye inside ballot box among handful of others detained after attempting to ruin Russian presidential elections, attacking around 150 ballots with tactics clearly inspired backed by West, and admitting they were paid to do it.

Measures have been strengthened to avoid repeat of such situations.

Influence on elections is zero, not even zero, negative. But punishment should be harsh so that they understand that power cannot be achieved by such methods - Russian Election Commission announces opening criminal cases against trolls who now face up to 5 years in prison.

Meanwhile, Kiev's regime not only intimidates and kills voters but desperately moves to shelling polling stations (pictured bottom out of Kherson region (ex-Ukraine).

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🇷🇺 RECENT ATTACKS ON RUSSIA WON'T GO UNPUNISHED - PUTIN: Russian Prez comments on Ukraine's PR raids on pre-war Belgorod and Kursk, which resulted in heavy losses for Kiev, says enemy forces launched assault with 2,500 fighters, 35 tanks and 40 armored vehicles but were forced to retreat (top vid).

Russia will respond to this with even greater solidarity. Who did they decide to intimidate? - Putin in bottom vid.

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