Police in Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk region, are checking eight reports that bombs have been placed at polling stations in the city. No explosive objects have been found in the city’s metro, National Police Spokesman Yaroslav Trakalo has said.

“Checks of the city’s metro stations did not turn up any explosive devices. Criminal proceedings have been opened under Part 1 of Article 295 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code (making false statements about the threat to the safety of citizens),” he said on March 31.