Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy has promised not to let Ukrainians down and held up his country as a democratic example to all post-Soviet states, after claiming a crushing presidential election victory over incumbent Petro Poroshenko.
2019 Presidential Election
Irish Times: Comedian Zelenskiy defeats Poroshenko to claim Ukrainian presidency
Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy comes on stage at his campaign headquarters in Kyiv seconds before the announcement of the first exit poll results in the second round of Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019.
