The presidential election began in Ukraine

The presidential election started in Ukraine. Polling stations opened at 8 in the morning (9 a.m. Moscow time) and will work until 8 pm (21:00 in Moscow). 21 candidates apply for the post of head of state. According to sociological surveys, the greatest chances of victory by Petro Poroshenko. His closest pursuer is called Yulia Tymoshenko. In a number of regions of Ukraine, the election is difficult. So far, there are no accurate data on whether the plots have opened in the territories controlled by the self -proclaimed Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics. As reported on Twitter, Donbass News, areas do not work in Donetsk. On the night of May 25, on the website of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov, information appeared that the electronic election system was destroyed as a result of hacking, and the calculation of the votes will have to be made manually. Later, the head of Avakov denied this message, saying that hackers posted it on the site. At the same time, the head of the CEC of Ukraine, Mikhail Okhendovsky, confirmed the information that on May 22 the election system was attacked, but assured that by May 25, its performance was fully restored.