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FGSZ Ltd says on May 20 and 21 Ukraine was importing 2.446 million cubic metres a day from the direction of Hungary, and 2.606 million cubic metres a day on May 22. ...

For the west of Ukraine they forecast partly cloudy weather, intermittent rain in places, storms, hail in some places, south east wind of 3-8 m/s with gusts of 15-20 m/s in places. Air temperature at night 11... 16 degrees, in the daytime 25... 30 degrees. ...

According to the Central Election Commission, Verkhovna Rada independent deputy Anatolii Hrytsenko was backed by 5.47%; Verkhovna Rada independent deputy Serhii Tihipko - 5.29%; Party of Regions candidate and former Kharkiv regional state administration head Mykhailo Dobkin - 3.36% of voters; businessman Vadym Rabinovich - 2.32%; doctor and public person Olha Bohomolets - 1.89%. ...

"For legitimacy of elections and legitimacy the president himself south-east of our country have to participate. Many voters in these regions were insulted and humiliated by the actions of illegitimate "government" that came as a result of a military coup," he said. ...

"The terrorists opened fire on peaceful residents from small arms and mortars in order to discredit the antiterrorist operation and creating negative attitudes to the actions of the Ukrainian forces in the Ukrainian society and the international community," the statement said. ...

During the court session, which lasted about two hours, Judge Kristina Tarasiuk began considering the issue of establishing the identities of all the aggrieved persons in the case. ...

Obama commends 'courageous' voters of eastern Ukraine Petro Poroshenko tipped to win presidency by exit polls President Barack Obama on Sunday praised the people of Ukraine for participating in a presidential election , "despite provocations and violence". The White House released a statement on the Ukraine election as the president visited US troops in Afghanistan , in a surprise trip....

Foreign minister says Moscow prepared to enter talks with new leadership after Petro Poroshenko wins presidential poll Moscow and Kiev promised to resume dialogue on Monday after preliminary results suggested that the pro-west businessman Petro Poroshenko had won Ukraine's presidential election although renewed fighting in the east of the country dampened hopes of an immediate solution to the crisis....

After an outright win in first round of voting, pro-European winner promises weapons amnesty in attempt to gain peace in the east Ukraine's new president, Petro Poroshenko, has vowed to make his first goal in office to stop the war in the east of the country. Continue reading... ...

31.81% have voted In Zakarpattia region, 47.7% in Ivano-Frankivsk region, 47.28% in Lviv region, 47.38% in Ternopil region, 48.8% in Khmelnytskyi region, 41.59% in Chernivtsi region, 46.21% in Volyn region, 50.51% in Rivne region, 40.62% in Zhytomyr region, and 48.67% in Vinnytsia region. ...

According to the statement, on May 25 armed people burst into the TV channel's office, demanded to place the "Donetsk People's Republic" flag on air, to change the editorial policy, specifically to cover activity of leadership of the self-appointed republic. ...

He says at 08:10 a group of separatists came to the territory of the school, housing ballot station No.441188 in Severodonetsk, Luhansk Region. ...

"On our [CEC] part we'll be insistently demanding constituency and precinct election commissions that there is strictly determined time for ending the voting 20:00," he said. ...

It says 74,177 people have already cast their ballots or 11.81% of the total open polling stations. ...

The poll suggests 8.0% of voters cast ballots for non-faction MP Oleh Liashko, leader of the Radical Party, 6.3% for non-faction MP Anatolii Hrytsenko, 4.7% for non-faction MP Serhii Tihipko, and 2.1% for former head of the Kharkiv regional state administration Mykhailo Dobkin. ...

"This election, very important for our state, is over," said Poroshenko, stressing that all data from exit polls and the headquarter's own research say that the election has completed in one round and the winner is known. ...

At that, Tymoshenko thanked all the Ukrainians, who took part in the voting and especially those, who supported her. ...

Such number of voters voted at more than half of constituencies opened on Sunday (in work were a total of 189 constituencies, as 24 constituencies in Donetsk and Luhansk regions failed to launch their operation, and 12 constituencies in Crimea were not organized in view of temporary occupation of the territory). ...

"Military emergency is introduced from May 26," the report said. ...

PM appeals to voters to turn out in force to 'defend Ukraine' but polling stations remain closed across rebel-controlled east Ukraine has gone to the polls in a presidential election seen as the most important in the country's history, as it battles a pro-Russia insurrection in the east. Continue reading... ...