A tweet from the U.K. ambassador to Kyiv:
Meanwhile, in non-election news, the Internet's favorite trainspotter is looking on the bright side of the decision to cancel flights between Ukraine and Russia:
Don't they know "it's not wise to upset a Wookiee"? Odesa police have arrested Chewbacca, a member of the Internet Party of Ukraine. The main member of the party, Darth Vader, is running for Odesa mayor. (Find out more here)
President Petro Poroshenko and his wife Maryna have voted. "We voted for Kyiv to be a truly European city!" Poroshenko tweeted along with the photo of the couple casting their ballots.
As regards the situation in Mariupol, Donbas News is reporting that President Petro Poroshenko has said he will ask Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, to set a new date for elections in the coastal city later this year.
"I expect a political assessment from the political forces and I appeal to the Verkhovna Rada and to the Central Election Commission to respond immediately to this," Poroshenko said. "The Verkhovna Rada should adopt changes to the legislation that will allow elections to be held in Mariupol in the near future."
Poroshenko added that the elections should be held before the end of 2015.
Here's some election numbers, courtesy of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service:
132 political parties
83 Ukrainian NGOs monitoring the elections
14 international organizations monitoring the elections
1,500 international observers from 14 countries who have arrived in Ukraine for the elections