Voting in JFO area: Poroshenko upstaged Zelenskyi, 900 Ukrainian soldiers voted for Boiko and Vilkul
Poroshenko upstaged Zelenskyi by 300 votes, 900 JFO fighters chose pro-Russian Boiko and Vilkul chose. These are the results of voting in the Joint Forces Operation area.
As reported by Censor.NET Chief Editor, Yurii Butusov
According to the Central Election Commission (CEC), 79 special polling stations were opened for Ukrainian soldiers' voting near the front lines in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. At 15:00 on April 1, data from 73 special voting stations was entered to CEC system.
At 73 polling stations, the servicemen voted as follows:
1. Poroshenko - 11580
2. Zelenskyi - 11255
3. Hrytsenko - 1095
4. Tymoshenko - 939
5. Koshulynskyi - 922
6. Smieshko - 893
7. Liashko - 655
8. Boiko - 555
9. Vilkul - 344
The remaining candidates scored an insignificant number of votes.
"The acting Supreme Commander Petro Poroshenko took the first place. However, his margin from Zelenskyi is small, and the opposition’s candidates in the army have a significant advantage," the journalist said, adding that the claims of Poroshenko’s supporters about his unconditional support by the army turned out to be a myth.
Butusov admitted that the authority and the actions of the Supreme Commander, nevertheless, allowed him to become the leader of the sympathies of the military, which means that army appreciates the activities of Poroshenko, and it is also important to note.
"High results of two pro-Russian candidates, Boiko and Vilkul, who demonstrate ties with Moscow and readiness to turn over Ukrainian lands to Putin are an unpleasent surprise. The fact that Ukrainian servicemen are quietly voting for supporters of the union with the Russian Federation shows extremely weak work with personnel, problems of moral psychological education in military units. They vote because they don’t see any problems with it, they don’t think it’s bad, and don’t find it necessary to even hide their point of view. It means nobody speaks with them about it. This is the result of not paying attention of the command of the Armed Forces to the recruitment of troops, lack of officers and sergeants, recruitment of random people to fill full-time positions in conditions of a large shortage of personnel, lack of command attention to people's moods, extremely weak ideological work. How can people who don't believe in Ukraine's independance to defend its future? What is the real combat capability of such servicemen?" Butusov concludes.
