The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has promised that the forthcoming elections in local authorities in the country will be free and fair. "I do know already is that they (the elections will be free and fair, in that I have no doubt," said Poroshenko at the forum "Yalta European strategy" on the last working day of the week in Kiev. "If there is an example of what must be democratic elections, this is what we can say about these upcoming elections (and Ukraine) ", - said the head of Ukraine. The Ukrainian Government has appointed elections to local authorities on 25 October. The self-proclaimed authorities of Donetsk and Lugansk national republics many times stated About the conduct of local elections regardless of the wishes of Kiev. However, they explained that the appointment date of the local elections due to the fact that Kiev is in the hands of individual adopted the law " On local elections ", not agreeing with LNR and DND, which does not comply with the Minsk agreements.