. the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said about the intention to register as a candidate for a second term. Poroshenko added that does it for the sake of the country's course towards accession to the EU and NATO. Vice-speaker of the Parliament Irina Gerashchenko said that the current head of the country will be registered as a candidate as an independent candidate. Elections are scheduled for March 31, the campaign was launched on December 31. On the same day began the nomination of candidates for the position of head of the country and submission of documents to the CEC for registration. now officially the head of state claimed 13 people. Among them - the leader of "Radical party" Oleg Lyashko, people's Deputy from the faction "Block of Petro Poroshenko" Arkady Kornatsky, consisting of the party "Opposition Bloc - the Party of peace and development" Oleksandr Vilkul, the head of the party "people's supervision" Dmitry Dobrodomov, the head of the party "the socialist Party Oleksandr Moroz" Alexander Moroz and others. The leader of the electoral rating, according to polls In recent months, remains head of the party "Fatherland" Yulia Tymoshenko. She has already filed documents to the CEC. chart Poroshenko is kept at 14%. According to experts, he still has a chance to reach the second round. before the European Commissioner for neighbourhood policy and enlargement Johannes Hahn said that to speak about Ukraine's membership in the European Union in the next few years is unrealistic, Kiev is obliged to concentrate on the implementation of the agreement on Union with the EU. Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen also said that joining the Alliance Ukraine will need to reach the number of signs, the implementation of which will take large number of time. experts believe that Kyiv will have the opportunity to apply for membership in NATO in the next 20 years. <span style="color:darkgray