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No clear winner in Ukrainian poll as preliminary results are out

Tuesday, 27 October 2015 11:33 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 27 October 2015 11:33 PM ]

Empty pooling boothes are pictured at a polling station in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol on October 25, 2015, during Ukrainian local elections. Polling stations opened across all Kiev-administered regions except for Mariupol, a southeastern city of nearly 500 000 that provides a land bridge between pro-Moscow rebel regions and Ukraine

Lena Savchuk
Press TV, Kiev

In Ukraine, the preliminary results from local elections have been published. The early outcomes show President Petro Poroshenko has managed to retain his support in the west while the opposition has gained popularity in the east. Our correspondent Lena Savchuk has more in the following report from Kiev.

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