Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a native of the industrial southeastern city of Kriviy Rih, carried every region of Ukraine but Lviv in the west, a cradle of Ukrainian nationalism where Poroshenko beat him by nearly 30 percent.
The war with Russia is a key issue in the Ukrainian presidential election – but on the ground, civilians caught up in the conflict say their problems are not being addressed
The city of Mariupol lies on the Azov Sea, next to the frontlines of Ukraine’s war against Russian-backed rebels. Faced with such challenges, how do the people here view Sunday’s presidential election
With unemployment at close to 10 per cent, it’s in the rural villages of Ukraine where the hardship is felt most
Ukraine is getting set to choose a new president – with the first round of voting scheduled for March 31. The leading two candidates will then face a run off two weeks later to determine who will lead a country still at war with Russia
As of now, Poroshenko’s main rival appears to be Yulia Tymoshenko, a former prime minister who announced her candidacy in June