The vaulting of a popular TV comic to the top of Ukraine’s presidential race presents a quandary for the West by threatening to a displace a leader and ally who for five years has led his country’s costly war against Russia.
2019 Presidential Election
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Wall Street Journal: Can a Ukrainian comic stand up to Russia? The West worries
Ukrainian servicemen sit in a truck to head to a polling station, near the front line with Russian-backed separatists, near Butivka, Donetsk region, on March 31, 2019, during the first round of Ukraine's presidential election.
