Russia's Elections Commission said that the pro-Kremlin United Russia part had won local elections in four regions of Ukraine occupied by Russian forces, in a vote dismissed by Kyiv . Russian officials appear to be relishing the gaffe made this week by French President Emmanuel Macron after suggesting that NATO countries had discussed the possibility of Western ground troops being deployed in Ukraine . Germany, the U.K., Spain, Poland and NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg were among those