Section: Main news

      Terrorists shell border guards in Luhansk region
      Oct26

      Terrorists shell border guards in Luhansk region

      Militants have fired at border guards near the village of Kamyshne in Luhansk region, no one has been injured. Deputy spokesman of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center Volodymyr Poliovy said this at a briefing on Sunday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “At 14.00, the positions of border...

      Voter turnout reaches 40% as of 17.20
      Oct26

      Voter turnout reaches 40% as of 17.20

      The Central Election Commission has updated data on voter turnout at early parliamentary elections in Ukraine. The relevant information has been posted on the commission’s website. Turnout in Ukraine as of 17.20 was 40.42%. As reported, according to the Opora civil network, some 17% of polling stations in Ukraine opened on Sunday earlier or...

      Militants in Donetsk open fire on voters
      Oct26

      Militants in Donetsk open fire on voters

      Terrorists from the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic have opened fire on four people who came to vote in Donetsk. Observers from the Committee of Voters of Ukraine and the Opora civil network learned this from residents of Donetsk, according to the Novosti Donbassa (News of Donbas) online newspaper. “My friends and I decided today...

      Two cars come under fire near polling station in Kryvy Rih
      Oct26

      Two cars come under fire near polling station in Kryvy Rih

      Several people have been injured after two cars came under fire in the center of Kryvy Rih in front of the building of a district election commission at about 13.30 on Sunday, a source in law enforcement agencies has told a Ukrinform reporter. “According to preliminary reports, a 5.45 mm Kalashnikov machine gun and a 12 mm hunting rifle...

      Voter turnout exceeds 30% as of 16.00
      Oct26

      Voter turnout exceeds 30% as of 16.00

      The Central Election Commission has updated data on voter turnout at early parliamentary elections in Ukraine. The relevant information has been posted on the commission’s website. Turnout in Ukraine was 30.23% as of 16.00. As reported, according to the Opora civil network, some 17% of polling stations in Ukraine opened earlier or later...

      Poroshenko votes ‘for reset of power’
      Oct26

      Poroshenko votes ‘for reset of power’

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has voted at snap elections for the Verkhovna Rada of the eighth convocation and expressed hope that it will be possible to form a strong pro-European coalition in parliament. The head of state said this after voting at a polling station at Officers House in Kyiv on Sunday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported....

      Almost 20% of polling stations opened earlier or later – Opora
      Oct26

      Almost 20% of polling stations opened earlier or later – Opora

      Over 17% of polling stations in Ukraine opened for voting in early parliamentary elections earlier or later than expected, according a report released by the Opora civil network. In general, observers noted that the voting had begun in a calm atmosphere.

      Unidentified men attack three parliamentary candidates in Kirovohrad region
      Oct26

      Unidentified men attack three parliamentary candidates in Kirovohrad region

      Unidentified men, at constituency No. 102 with its center in Znamianka in Kirovohrad region, have attacked a car carrying parliamentary candidates from the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko Serhiy Leshchenko, Svitlana Zalishchuk and Mustafa Nayyem, the Ukrainska Pravda online newspaper has reported. The participants of the incident said that the attack...

      Ukrainians abroad vote without irregularities
      Oct26

      Ukrainians abroad vote without irregularities

      Ukrainians living abroad vote at early parliamentary elections without any irregularities, Deputy Foreign Minister Andriy Olefirov has reported on Twitter. “Olefirov: no irregularity was reported at foreign polling stations as of 14.00,” reads the report. Polling stations in Canada, the United States and Cuba started opening only...

      Voter turnout rapidly growing – almost 20%
      Oct26

      Voter turnout rapidly growing – almost 20%

      The Central Election Commission has updated data on the voter turnout at early parliamentary elections in Ukraine. The relevant information has been posted on the commission’s website. Turnout in Ukraine was 19.81% as of 13.20. The number of constituencies that sent reports on the voting process increased from four to 149. Turnout was only...