An extraordinary session of the Kovel City Council expressed no confidence in the Central Election Commission of Ukraine and adopted a decision recognizing Viktor Yushchenko as President of Ukraine. This was reported at the reception office of the Kovel City Council.

646 employees of the "Torchynprodukt" plant in the Volyn region signed a statement expressing outrage at the "brazen, cynical falsification of the presidential elections of November 21, 2004 by the criminal authorities.

The session of the Lutsk City Council, guided by the Constitution of Ukraine, legislation on local self-government and the will of the territorial community, the Lutsk City Council stated the convincing victory of Viktor Yushchenko in the elections of the President of Ukraine in the city of Lutsk.

Employees of the Volyn Silk Combine supported the nationwide protest action of "Civil Disobedience" by halting the production process at the enterprise until the end of this action.

More than three thousand Lutsk residents came out to Theater Square in Lutsk to express their support for Viktor Yushchenko and to protest against the falsification of election results.

Information has been received about the mining of a polling station in the village of Zaborol in the Lutsk district. Currently, the head of the Lutsk district headquarters of Viktor Yushchenko is there, and the police have also left for the scene. However, no explosives were found.

\nLast week, through the mailboxes of Volyn residents, an appeal to supporters of "Our Ukraine" was distributed, in which "doctors of Volyn" warn to be cautious when communicating with the candidate for the post of President of Ukraine V. Yushchenko, since "Mr. Yushchenko is seriously ill.

Today in Lutsk, during the solemn gathering on the occasion of celebrating Agricultural Workers' Day, which took place in the regional music and drama theater, Volyn "law enforcement officers" once again disgraced the honor of their uniform.

Kuchma stated that he does not intend to sign the Law "On the Specifics of Applying the Law 'On Elections of the President of Ukraine' during the repeat voting on November 21, 2004" (regarding the prohibition of voting with absentee certificates).

The Youth Council of Lutsk together with the Association of Young Reformers (AMoRe) under the patronage of the head of the Volyn Regional Council Vasyl Dmytruk are holding the anniversary fifth competition to identify the best students of the Volyn region – "Student of the Year 2004".