An unknown number of masked gunmen on May 20 stormed nearly a dozen district election commissions in eastern Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts and demanded at gunpoint that officials turn over ballots and other documents pertaining to this weekend’s presidential elections, election officials said.

The gunmen seized 11 district

elections offices and are threatening to capture at least eight more, news website Ukrainska Pravda

and News

Channel 24 reported, citing election officials. In most cases, the gunmen confiscated

election documents, including ballots, from the offices.