Early results Monday in Ukraine's presidential election showed a comedian with no political experience maintaining his strong lead against the incumbent in the first round, setting the stage for a presidential runoff in three weeks. Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko delivers a speech following the announcement of the first exit poll on Sunday. After the vote, Poroshenko lashed out at Zelenskiy, describing him as a pawn of self-exiled billionaire businessman Igor Kolomoyskyi, a charge that Zelenskiy denies. Zelenskiy plays table tennis as he visits his campaign headquarters following a presidential election in Kyiv on Sunday. (Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)With the lineup for the presidential runoff becoming clear, voters were picking sides.

Source: CBC News April 01, 2019 12:56 UTC