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Exit Poll Predicts Zelenskyy To Win First Round Of Ukraine’s Presidential Election
An initial joint national exit poll predicts comic actor Volodymyr Zelenskyy will win the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election with 30.4 percent of the vote, ahead of the incumbent Petro Poroshenko with 17.8 percent. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Right Place, Right Time? Watching Ukraine’s Election With Its Far-Right Monitors
His canary-yellow-and-black lanyard identifies Yuriy Petrenko as a member of a paramilitary force with a penchant for urban camouflage, facemasks, and violence to advance an ultranationalist agenda. But today, he says, he’s safeguarding democracy. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Candidates Vote In Ukrainian Election
Candidates cast their ballots in Ukraine’s presidential election. President Petro Poroshenko cast his vote in Kyiv, as did challengers Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Yulia Tymoshenko. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Live Blog: Ukraine Votes
Follow all of the latest developments as they happen. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
All Eyes On Three Front-Runners As Ukraine Presidential Vote Offers Wrinkle On Familiar Challenge
War-weary Ukrainians face a fresh national test on March 31 at the polls to pick a new president from an unprecedentedly broad field whose front-runners offer starkly different resumes. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Reports Escalation Of Attacks On Eve Of Presidential Vote
One Ukrainian soldier was killed and four wounded in what the Ukrainian military has called an escalation of attacks by Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, one day before the country votes in the first round of its presidential election. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU Calls On Russia To Stop Targeting Crimean Tatars
The European Union has called on Russian authorities to stop targeting Tatars in Russian-annexed Crimea. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Campaigning Ends In Ukraine Ahead Of Presidential Vote
Candidates in Ukraine’s presidential election spent one final day campaigning on March 29 ahead of the crucial first round vote this weekend. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Orthodox Church Faces Eviction In Russia-Annexed Crimea
Ukraine’s independent Orthodox Church is facing eviction in Simferopol, the capital of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, which was seized by Russia in 2014. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Prisoner To President? Ukraine’s ‘Gas Princess’ Aims For The Pinnacle Of Power
Yulia Tymoshenko was once one of the richest people in Ukraine, then a prison inmate. Now she’s making her third bid for Ukraine’s top job. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
