KIEV, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Ukraine will beef up security measures ahead of the second round of the country's presidential election scheduled for Sunday, the country's Interior Ministry said Wednesday.
More than 130,000 law enforcement officers will be deployed across the country to maintain order during the election, the ministry said in a statement, adding that all polling stations will be placed under protection.
Since the start of the election campaign on Dec. 31, 2018, the authorities had opened 378 election-related criminal cases, the statement said.
Ukrainian actor Volodymyr Zelensky and incumbent President Petro Poroshenko, who outperformed other candidates in the first round of the election held on March 31, will compete in the runoff.
