The threat of a Russian invasion of mainland Ukraine appears to have ebbed, and the critical presidential elections will be held across the country on May 25. However, in two of Ukraine's eastern regions — accounting for 15% of Ukraine’s total population — voters are likely to be disenfranchised due to armed pro-Russian separatists who have seized control of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
May 25, 2014 Presidential Election
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Ukraine's interim President and speaker of the parliament, Oleksandr Turchynov, stands alongside Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov as they speak to journalists after a meeting in the headquaters of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) unit in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Izyum, in the Kharkiv region, on May 21, 2014. Ukraine plans to deploy more than 55,000 police and 20,000 volunteers to ensure that the presidential election planned for May 25 goes smoothly despite the bloody separatist uprising gripping the industrialised east. AFP PHOTO / GENYA SAVILOV
