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Poroshenko Concedes After Exit Polling Shows Zelenskiy Taking Ukraine Presidency
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has conceded Ukraine’s presidential election and offered his congratulations to challenger Volodymyr Zelenskiy, with exit polls pointing to a landslide victory for the TV comic and political newcomer. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Comedian Who Played President On TV Headed For Landslide Victory In Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A comedian whose only political experience consists of playing a president on TV appeared headed for a landslide victory in Ukraine’s real-life presidential election Sunday. Exit-poll results released after voting stations closed showed sitcom star Volodymyr Zelenskiy receiving an extraordinary 73.2% — or nearly three...
Comedian appears to defeat incumbent president in Ukraine
A comedian is poised to win the Ukrainian runoff election Sunday for president of the country …read more Source:...
Ukraine election: Comedian Zelensky ‘wins presidency by landslide’
Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelensky has won a run-off election to become the country’s next president by a landslide, exit polls suggest. …read more Source: National...
Ukraine Elects A Television Comic President By A Landslide
NurPhoto via GettyKIEV—Exit polls show a television comedian backed by a shadowy billionaire has won Ukraine’s presidential elections with a crushing majority that may ultimately be greater than 70 percent. This is no joke, as headline writers have been saying ever since the possibility of a victory by Volodomyr Zelenskiy over incumbent...
Zelenskiy Promises Ukrainians ‘I Will Never Let You Down’
Ukrainian presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy thanked voters and promised he would never let them down after exit polls showed he was set to win a landslide victory in the April 21 presidential runoff vote against incumbent Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Comedian Zelensky wins Ukraine presidential election: exit polls
A Ukrainian comedian who plays a president on television will now hold the role in real life, according to exit polls from Sunday’s election.Volodymyr Zelenskiy defeated incumbent President Petro Poroshenko by a landslide based on an exit… …read more Source: The...
Ukraine Election: Comedian Trounces Incumbent President, Exit Poll Shows
Volodymyr Zelensky, an actor best known for playing a president on television, appears to have decisively won Ukraine’s presidency. …read more Source: The New York...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko concedes defeat to comedian rival Zelenskiy in presidential vote
Shortly after exit polls showed incumbent president Petro Poroshenko getting only a quarter of the vote in Sunday’s runoff election, he said he was willing to help rival Volodymyr Zelenskiy transition into the presidency. …read more Source:...
Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy Easily Wins Ukrainian Presidential Race: Exit Poll
Zelenskiy’s apparent landslide victory is a bitter blow for incumbent Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source: The Huffington...
