Man dies near polling station in Ternopil region - Ukrainian Interior Ministry

11:46, 21.04.2019 1 min read

Ukrainian police have received 179 reports about violations of election laws, and a person has died near a polling station in Ternopil region, Ukraine's Interior Ministry said.

"Police have received 179 reports about violations during the electoral process," the ministry said on Twitter at 11:00 a.m. local time.

"Regrettably, a person has suddenly died near a polling station in Ternopil region," it said.

It is a man, born in 1944, it said.

"Unknown people have damaged a polling station" in Kharkiv region, it said.

On Sunday, Ukraine is holding the second-round run-off, in which Volodymyr Zelensky and incumbent President Petro Poroshenko are competing for the country's presidency.