Comedian Zelenskiy Wins Ukrainian Presidential Race by Landslide

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22 April 2019 14:53 WIB

Ukrainian presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy reacts following the announcement of the first exit poll in a presidential election at his campaign headquarters in Kiev, Ukraine April 21, 2019. Ukraine entered uncharted political waters on Sunday after exit polls showed a comedian with no political experience and few detailed policies had easily won enough votes to become the next president of a country at war. REUTERS

22 April 2019 00:00 WIB

Ukrainian presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy waves to supporters following the announcement of the first exit poll in a presidential election at his campaign headquarters in Kiev, Ukraine April 21, 2019. The apparent landslide victory of Volodymyr Zelenskiy, 41, is a bitter blow for incumbent Petro Poroshenko who tried to rally Ukrainians around the flag by casting himself as a bulwark against Russian aggression and a champion of Ukrainian identity. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi

22 April 2019 00:00 WIB

Ukrainian presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy kisses his wife Olena following the announcement of the first exit poll in a presidential election at their campaign headquarters in Kiev, Ukraine April 21, 2019. Two national exit polls showed Zelenskiy had won 73 percent of the vote with Poroshenko winning just 25 percent. Early voting data suggested the polls were accurate. REUTERS/Oleksandr Klymenko

22 April 2019 00:00 WIB

Ukrainian presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy reacts following the announcement of the first exit poll in a presidential election at his campaign headquarters in Kiev, Ukraine April 21, 2019. Zelenskiy, who plays a fictitious president in a popular TV series, is now poised to take over the leadership of a country on the frontline of the West's standoff with Russia following Moscow's annexation of Crimea and support for a pro-Russian insurgency in eastern Ukraine. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

22 April 2019 00:00 WIB

Ukrainian presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy reacts following the announcement of the first exit poll in a presidential election at his campaign headquarters in Kiev, Ukraine April 21, 2019. Declaring victory at his campaign headquarters to emotional supporters, Zelenskiy promised he would not let the Ukrainian people down. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

22 April 2019 00:00 WIB

Ukrainian presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy embraces his wife Olena following the announcement of the first exit poll in a presidential election at his campaign headquarters in Kiev, Ukraine April 21, 2019. Zelenskiy, whose victory fits a pattern of anti-establishment figures unseating incumbents in Europe and further afield, has promised to end the war in the eastern Donbass region and to root out corruption amid widespread dismay over rising prices and sliding living standards. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi

22 April 2019 00:00 WIB