KIEV, May 25. /ITAR-TASS/. Voter turnout in Sunday’s snap presidential elections in Ukraine was 40.44% as of 12:00 GMT, chairperson of the Ukrainian Central Election Commission Zhanna Usenko-Chernaya cited updated data.

“These data covers all elections commission,” she said. “Traditionally high turnout was reported from Kiev, from the Poltava, Cherkassy and Kirovohrad regions, and from Ternopol, Khmelnitsky and Lviv regions.”

She also said one more polling station was to be opened in the southeastern Donetsk regions. “Residents of this region will be able to realize their constitutional right and take part in the voting,” she noted.

At the previous presidential elections in Ukraine in 2010, the voter turnout as of 12:00 GMT was more than 45%