The legislation, known as AB 969, which was introduced and gained substantial approval in September, permits manual ballot counting only under specific conditions: during regular elections in regions with fewer than 1,000 registered voters, and special elections with under 5,000 voters.
Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu stated on Tuesday that the Russian military is sufficiently staffed for its operation in Ukraine, mainly because of the vast influx of volunteers.
The United States government has suspended the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) and Foreign Military Financing (FMF) contracting initiatives.