Winning Verkhovna Rada by-election candidates drawing the most media attention are Maksym Mykytas, independent candidate (#206 district in Chernihiv, 32%), Serhiy Nasalyk of Petro Poroshenko Bloc (#85 district in Ivano-Frankivsk, 22.1%), and independent candidate Tetiana Rychkova (#27 district in Dnipro, 46.1%).
Solomyanskyi District Court for Kyiv City detained First Deputy Chair of Naftogaz Board Serhiy Pereloma until September 9 as a pretrial restrictive measure, with the possibility of ₴80 million bail.
Explosive devices, either real or hoax, were reported at voting centers in Kherson, Petro Poroshenko Bloc informs on Facebook, referring to its Kherson regional office.
On July 16, Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko said it was possible that the Prosecutor General’s Office will file a cassation appeal in the case of blogger Ruslan Kotsaba.