Our Kyiv correspondent Christopher Miller spent part of election day in Ukraine with one of the far right's officially deputized vote monitors. Read the story here.
Video of candidates casting their ballots:
From the Central Election Commission: "no systemic violations" had been reported.
“There are isolated instances, but they are classic for any voting process in any election campaign,” CEC Secretary Natalia Bernatska told journalists.
The commission updated that figure to "more than 45 percent."
Some turnout information from our news desk: By midafternoon (1500 in Ukraine), more than 44 percent of eligible voters had cast ballots, according to the Central Election Commission.
From our Moscow correspondent:
Another look at that very long ballot paper: