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Ukraine presidential vote underway

31/03/2019 GMT

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Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy is one of the front-runners

Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy is one of the front-runners.

TV comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy is one of the front-runners, according to polls, as voters in Ukraine take part in the first round of the presidential election. The other leading candidates are incumbent president Petro Poroshenko and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

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(Picture: Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky in Brovary, Ukraine. Credit: Pavlo Conchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket /Getty Images)

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