Interior minister’s advisor: Reports on violations related mostly to campaigning on election day

The police on the election day received 2,199 reports on violations during the electoral process, although they were non-systemic, according to Interior Minister’s advisor Zorian Shkiryak.

"As of 20.00 [March 31], the National Police received 2,199 statements and reports on violations during the electoral process. The largest number of reports came from Dnipropetrovsk region, which is followed by Kyiv, Donetsk, Odesa, Kharkiv and Poltava [regions],” he said on the Ukrainian TV channel Priamy.

Thus, according to the provided data, most of the reports on violations (135) were related to illegal campaigning, taking pictures of ballots (129), attempts to bribe voters (45), damaging of ballots (34), and attempts to remove ballots from the polling station (13). In addition, there were 18 false reports on mining.

“We can say that today [March 31] for the first time in the history of our independence, elections were held in Ukraine in accordance with all international standards. And I personally congratulate Ukraine on this," Zorian Shkiryak.

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