The Central Election Commission (CEC) has said that elections must be held in Krasnoarmiysk and Mariupol, Donetsk region, on November 15, 2015.

"CEC proposed to address to Verkhovna Rada as a single legislative agency on the urgent legislative decision to restore the violated rights of the territorial communities of Mariupol and Krasnoarmiysk and the scheduling of the elections for November 15, 2015," CEC Head Mykhailo Okhendovsky said.

Eleven members of CEC in favor of the decision, and two abstained.