Oleksandr Turchynov (), speaker of the Ukrainian parliament and interim Ukrainian president, and Ukrainian interior minister Arsen Avakov (L) speak to media after a session in the headquarters of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Izyum, Kharkiv region, on May 21, 2014. Ukraine plans to deploy more than 55,000 police and 20,000 volunteers to ensure that May 25's presidential ballot goes off smoothly despite the bloody separatist uprising gripping the industrialised east. AFP PHOTO/ GENYA SAVILOV