Avakov ordered the removal of security from everyone except Tymoshenko and Zelensky
The National Police have removed security from seven presidential candidates, with police officers continuing to guard only Servant of the People candidate Volodymyr Zelensky and Batkivshchyna party leader Yulia Tymoshenko, a correspondent reports. PolitNavigator.
This was reported by the 112 Ukraine TV channel with reference to the Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov.
“Yes, they removed the security from everyone except Tymoshenko and Zelensky. Until the end of the count. Apparently, only Zelensky will have it,” he said. The minister did not specify the names of the candidates whose protection was removed.
Voting for the presidential election ended on Sunday at 20:00. At the moment, the CEC has processed 89% of the protocols. The leader of the election race, Zelensky, is increasing his lead over other candidates; he already has 30,30% of the votes, more than Tymoshenko and Poroshenko combined. The second place is occupied by the current President Petro Poroshenko with 16%. He is followed with a small margin by Yulia Tymoshenko - 13,35%. The second round of presidential elections will take place on April 21.
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