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Ukrainians vote in presidential election

31/03/2019 GMT

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First round of Ukraine presidential elections being held today

First round of Ukraine presidential elections being held today.

The first round of Ukraine’s presidential elections are underway today. 39 candidates are on the ballot paper but three main contenders have emerged through the campaign: Incumbent president Petro Poroshenko; former Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko and TV comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy. 

Also in the programme: US gun laws; and Turkey’s regional elections. 

(Picture: People holding Ukrainian flags during former Prime Minister and now presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko pre-election rally in Kiev on 29th March 2019. Credit: Vasily Maximov/AFP/Getty Images)

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