Volodymyr Zelenskiy appeared cocksure as he played table tennis with journalists at his packed campaign headquarters on Sunday night, a typical act of showmanship by the television comedian. Minutes later, exit polls indicated he had convincingly won the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election with a much wider than expected margin.
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Ukrainian comic actor, showman and presidential frontrunner Volodymyr Zelensky surrounded by cameramen and photographers plays table tennis with a journalist ahead of the provisional results at the headquarter in Kyiv on March 31, 2019.
