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Ukraine: Poroshenko holds one-man ‘debate’ before runoff

Presidential vote frontrunner stays away from election debate organised by incumbent leader, prompting a one-man show.

Ukraine presidential rivals court Macron, Merkel

Frontrunner Volodymyr Zelensky meets French leader as incumbent president courts both Merkel and Macron on the same day.

Ukraine launches long-awaited anti-corruption court

The court is being set up before a presidential poll runoff as part of Ukraine’s $3.9bn loan programme with IMF.

Why ethnopolitics doesn’t work in Ukraine

Petro Poroshenko’s electoral failure shows the limits of using ethnonationalism as a political strategy in Ukraine.

Poroshenko attacks Zelensky before Ukraine runoff

Incumbent president links political novice Volodymyr Zelensky’s success in first round of polls to ‘Kremlin agents’.

Why Ukrainians want to elect a comedian as president

The Ukrainian electorate has run out of patience.

Ukraine gears up to hold tight presidential vote

Sunday’s poll will test the incumbent president for the first time since he came to power on a revolutionary wave.

Ukrainian voters speak ahead of key presidential poll

Before Ukraine’s presidential election on Sunday, voters speak to Al Jazeera about which way they will vote and why.

Kharkiv’s pro-Russian protesters still mistrustful of Kiev

Some in Kharkiv see Ukrainian government as ‘illegitimate’ and will not vote in Sunday’s presidential elections.

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Ukraine corruption crisis haunts president’s re-election bid

Many say Petro Poroshenko failed to deliver promises to tackle graft, which is a key issue in the presidential vote.

Published On 28 Mar 2019