10/24/2015 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - Poroshenko Bloc said that elections in Mariupol were thwarted

Poroshenko Bloc said that elections in Mariupol were thwarted

10.24.2015 Daily Highlights by the Digests & Analytics Ukraine Agency

Topics from Media and Social Networks

• Poroshenko Bloc said that elections in Mariupol were thwarted.
• The silence period before the local elections massively violated across the country.
• Ukraine changes clock to the winter time.

Key Events in Ukraine

• Ballots for elections are largely reprinted due to the mistakes made in their texts. The electoral commission in Bila Tserkva could not achieve a quorum. Territorial Commission in Mariupol, contrary to the request of the Central Election Commission refused to accept ballots printed in a printing house owned by oligarch Akhmetov because of the large number of flaws and the presence of additional copies. Representatives of the Bloc Petro Poroshenko said that the elections in the city thwarted. There is also a risk of failure in several cities more.
• President Poroshenko established Research Center of Russia as a part of the National Institute for Strategic Studies.
• The head of the State Property Fund Bilous said that 80% of the enterprises need to be removed from state management, leaving only nuclear power generation, railways, space industry and the military-industrial complex.

Ukraine at War

• Violations of the ceasefire by militants in Shirokino and near Avdeevka were recorded. during the past two days. According to the headquarters of the anti-terrorist operation, there is no military casualties.
• International humanitarian organization "Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders)" has confirmed that the militants DPR denied it in the occupied territory, which could endanger the lives of patients who are not receiving the necessary medications in the absence of other channels of supply.
• Security Service and the police massively confiscates arms and ammunition across the territory of Ukraine.

Ukraine and the World

• The opposition forces in Syria have rejected Russia's offer of support. Russia has said that the victory over the terrorist Islamic State without a ground military operation is impossible.
• Russia intends to increase spending on the army in the next year to more than $50 billion, representing 4% of GDP.
• Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia ready to close borders to refugees following Hungary. New laws regarding refugees entered into force in Germany,. Mini-summit of the leaders of the EU countries is scheduled for October 25 to address the problem of illegal migrants.
• October 24 is the last day of air links between Ukraine and Russia. Since Sunday flights between the countries will be banned.