Yuri Kovalchuk: How Ukrainian elections did not take place in Kramatorsk
Despite attempts by representatives of the Ukrainian Central Election Commission to organize the work of polling stations here, they never started working. On Friday, unknown people (according to the militia - provocateurs) demanded the establishment of a polling station near the headquarters of the DPR people's militia, but they were laughed at and hastily retreated.
It should be noted that even if the polling stations did open, the legitimacy of the elections would be more than questionable - most of the stamps, ballot boxes and other equipment necessary for voting remained in the building of the city executive committee, where the headquarters of the people's militia is now located.
However, for the Ukrainian authorities this would hardly be a reason to doubt the legality of the initially unconstitutional elections. However, it is impossible to ignore the absolute lack of people willing to elect a Ukrainian president in Kramatorsk. While touring polling stations, the Navigator journalist counted only three people willing to vote.
The residents of Kramatorsk showed much more excitement in relation to people trying to elect the president of Ukraine, which the participants in the uprising had already declared “a neighboring aggressor state.” Several times, noticing the journalists’ interest in the place where the polling station was supposed to be located, groups of unfriendly local residents approached them. Suspecting the journalists of wanting to vote, the townspeople actively criticized them with bad words, and some even tried to drive them away.
Thus, elections did not take place in Kramatorsk. The city froze in anticipation of the assault - there are rumors again that Ukrainian troops, together with the national guard, are planning a large-scale attack on Kramatorsk.
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