Comedian set for landslide win in Ukraine presidential election, exit polls show

Mr Poroshenko accepted defeat, saying,"I am leaving office, but I want to firmly underline that I am not leaving politics", even before the official release of the results of the two-man run-off.

Mr Zelenskiy suggested his apparent victory could be a model for other former Soviet states that wanted to move forward from ossified politics."To all the countries of the former Soviet Union — look at us, everything is possible." Mr Zelenskiy, who is 41 years old, became famous in Ukraine for his comic portrayal of a high school teacher who becomes president after a video of him denouncing corruption goes viral.

In a case of life imitating television, Mr Zelenskiy railed against corruption during the real campaign. He said his first order of business was to secure the release of the roughly 170 Ukrainian military members held prisoner by the separatists or the Russians.

Can ABC tell us what was Petro Poroshenko's experience before he became a president? He was a businessman. Same as mr Zelenskiy, he is a businessman. If ABC calls Mr Zelenskiy as comedian then Poroshenko should be called chocolatier...

Thank God we have Sir Les Patterson

I'd be the first to vote jimeoin for PM. Just imagine how many people would tune into political address AusVotes19 auspol AusVotes2019

Chocolatier set for landslide loss in Ukrainian presidential election...

Hope it is not happening in May. We have too many comedians in parliament though.

A Putin stooge no less.

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