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A woman holds her son as he casts her ballot paper at a polling station during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

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A man casts his ballot paper at polling station during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

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A woman holds her ballot paper to cast at polling station during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

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Young people cast their ballot papers at polling station during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

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A woman holds her son prior to casting her ballot paper at a polling station during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

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A woman takes photos of ballot boxes at a polling station in Kiev during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

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A girl casts her ballot at a polling station in Kiev during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (C) talks to the press next to his wife Maryna after casting his ballot at a polling station in Kiev during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

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A Ukrainian serviceman casts his ballot at a polling station on the front line with Russia backed separatists in the town of Zolote, Lugansk region, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP)

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A Ukrainian serviceman casts his ballot at a polling station on the front line with Russia backed separatists in the town of Zolote, Lugansk region, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP)

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A Ukrainian serviceman gets his ballot at a polling station on the front line with Russia backed separatists in the town of Zolote, Lugansk region, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP)

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A Ukrainian serviceman casts his ballot at a polling station on the front line with Russia backed separatists in the town of Zolote, Lugansk region, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP)

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A Ukrainian serviceman casts his ballot at a polling station on the front line with Russia backed separatists in the town of Zolote, Lugansk region, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP)

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A Ukrainian serviceman casts his ballot at a polling station on the front line with Russia backed separatists in the town of Zolote, Lugansk region, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP)

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A Ukrainian serviceman casts his ballot at a polling station on the front line with Russia backed separatists in the town of Zolote, Lugansk region, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP)

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A Ukrainian serviceman casts his ballot at a polling station on the front line with Russia backed separatists in the town of Zolote, Lugansk region, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP)

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Maria Pavlyshyn, 99, examines her ballot paper in her house in ?shana village, some 15 km from western Ukrainian city of Lviv, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Yuri DYACHYSHYN / AFP)

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A Ukrainian serviceman gets his ballot at a polling station on the front line with Russia backed separatists in the town of Zolote, Lugansk region, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP)

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An elderly man casts his ballot paper in his house in ?shana village, some 15 km from western Ukrainian city of Lviv, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Yuri DYACHYSHYN / AFP)

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An elderly woman fills her ballot paper in her house in ?shana village, some 15 km from western Ukrainian city of Lviv, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Yuri DYACHYSHYN / AFP)

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An elderly woman casts her ballot paper in her hiuse in ?shana village, some 15 km from western Ukrainian city of Lviv, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Yuri DYACHYSHYN / AFP)

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An elderly woman gets her ballot paper in her house in ?shana village, some 15 km from western Ukrainian city of Lviv, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Yuri DYACHYSHYN / AFP)

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An elderly man holds his ballot as he leaves a polling booth to cast at a polling station in ?shana village, some 15 km from western Ukrainian city of Lviv, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Yuri DYACHYSHYN / AFP)

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An elderly woman stands prior to casting her vote in ?shana village, some 15 km from western Ukrainian city of Lviv, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Yuri DYACHYSHYN / AFP)

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Members of the election commission carry a ballot box to visit the old and sick people in ?shana village, some 15 km from western Ukrainian city of Lviv, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Yuri DYACHYSHYN / AFP)

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A man plays on a drum set in front of the Independence Square in central Kiev on April 21, 2019, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election. (Photo by Sergei GAPON / AFP)

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Youths rest at the Independence Square in central Kiev on April 21, 2019, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election. (Photo by Vasily MAXIMOV / AFP)

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A view of Kiev on April 21, 2019, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election. (Photo by Sergei GAPON / AFP)

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A Ukrainian female serviceman has her ballot checked at a polling station in the Azov Sea city of Mariupol, in the Donetsk region, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Evgeniya MAKSYMOVA / AFP)

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This handout photo made available by Volodymyr Zelensky press service shows Ukrainian presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky being fined by police for showing his marked ballot paper to the public at a polling station in Kiev on April 21, 2019 thus violating the voting rules protocol. - Ukrainians voted on April 21, 2019 in a presidential election where a comedian who plays the president on television is expected to defeat the incumbent in a stunning rebuke to the establishment. (Photo by - / Volodymyr Zelensky press service / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Volodymyr Zelensky press service" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

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A member of a local electoral commission counts ballots after the second round of Ukraine's presidential election at a polling station in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Vasily MAXIMOV / AFP)

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Members of a local electoral commission count ballots after the second round of Ukraine's presidential election at a polling station in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Vasily MAXIMOV / AFP)

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A member of Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky' campaign team speaks with the media at the headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019, ahead of the announcement of the first exit poll results. (Photo by GENYA SAVILOV / AFP)

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Incumbent Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and his wife Maryna greet their supporters in the Poroshenko's party headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019. - A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko kisses his wife Maryna to thanks her for her support in the Poroshenko's party headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019. - A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

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Members of a local electoral commission empty a ballot box to count votes after the second round of Ukraine's presidential election at a polling station in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Vasily MAXIMOV / AFP)

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Members of a local electoral commission empty a ballot box to count votes after the second round of Ukraine's presidential election at a polling station in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Vasily MAXIMOV / AFP)

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Members of a local electoral commission empty a ballot box to count votes after the second round of Ukraine's presidential election at a polling station in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Vasily MAXIMOV / AFP)

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and his team sing the state anthem at the party headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019. - A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and his team thank their supporter at the party headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019. - A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gestures as he and his team thank his supporters at the party headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019. - A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gestures as he and his team thank his supporters at the party headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019. - A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko receives a hugs as he and his team thank supporters at the party headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019, at the end of a day of polling in the second round of national elections in which he lost to a comedian with no political experience. - A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko embraces his wife Maryna to thanks her for her support in the Poroshenko's party headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019, at the end of a day of polling in the second round of national elections in which he lost to a comedian with no political experience. - A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks as his wife Maryna applauds in the Poroshenko's party headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019, at the end of a day of polling in the second round of national elections in which he lost to a comedian with no political experience. - A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko reacts as his wife Maryna applauds in the Poroshenko's party headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019, at the end of a day of polling in the second round of national elections in which he lost to a comedian with no political experience. - A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gestures at his party headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019, at the end of a day of polling in the second round of national elections in which he lost to a comedian with no political experience. - A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

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Outgoing Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (R) reacts as his wife Maryna looks on at his party headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019, at the end of a day of polling in the second round of national elections in which he lost to a comedian with no political experience. - A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

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Outgoing Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (R) raises his hand with his wife Maryna at his party headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019, at the end of a day of polling in the second round of national elections in which he lost to a comedian with no political experience. - A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

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Outgoing Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gestures as he speaks at his party headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019, at the end of a day of polling in the second round of national elections in which he lost to a comedian with no political experience. - A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

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Outgoing Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gestures as he speaks at his party headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019, at the end of a day of polling in the second round of national elections in which he lost to a comedian with no political experience. - A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

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Outgoing Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (C) and his team sing the state anthem at the party headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019, at the end of a day of polling in the second round of national elections in which he lost to a comedian with no political experience. - A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

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Ukrainian servicemen, members of the election commission, help empty a ballot box to count votes at a polling station on the front line with Russia backed separatists in the town of Zolote, Lugansk region, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. - A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP)

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Ukrainian servicemen, members of the election commission, help empty a ballot box to count votes at a polling station on the front line with Russia backed separatists in the town of Zolote, Lugansk region, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. - A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP)

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Ukrainian service people, members of the election commission, count ballot papers at a polling station on the front line with Russia backed separatists in the town of Zolote, Lugansk region, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. - A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP)

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Ukrainian servicemen, members of the election commission, count ballot papers at a polling station on the front line with Russia backed separatists in the town of Zolote, Lugansk region, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. - A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP)

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Ukrainian servicemen, members of the election commission, count ballot papers at a polling station on the front line with Russia backed separatists in the town of Zolote, Lugansk region, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. - A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP)

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A speaker stands in front of huge screen showing results of the exit poll at the outgoing Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's party headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019, at the end of a day of polling in the second round of national elections in which Poroshenko lost to a comedian with no political experience. - A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

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Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky listens to journalists questions during press conference at his campaign headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019, after the announcement of the first exit poll results in the second round of Ukraine's presidential election, that showed him as the winner. - The comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

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Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the mmedia during press conference at his campaign headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019, after the announcement of the first exit poll results in the second round of Ukraine's presidential election, that showed him as the winner. - The comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

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Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to the mmedia during press conference at his campaign headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019, after the announcement of the first exit poll results in the second round of Ukraine's presidential election, that showed him as the winner. - The comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

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Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to the mmedia during press conference at his campaign headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019, after the announcement of the first exit poll results in the second round of Ukraine's presidential election, that showed him as the winner. - The comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

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Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to the mmedia during press conference at his campaign headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019, after the announcement of the first exit poll results in the second round of Ukraine's presidential election, that showed him as the winner. - The comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

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Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to journalists during press conference at his campaign headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019, after the announcement of the first exit poll results in the second round of Ukraine's presidential election, that showed him as the winner. - The comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

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Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky listens to journalists during press conference at his campaign headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019, after the announcement of the first exit poll results in the second round of Ukraine's presidential election, that showed him as the winner. - The comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

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TOPSHOT - Maria Pavlyshyn, 99, examines her ballot paper in her house in ?shana village, some 15 km from western Ukrainian city of Lviv, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Yuri DYACHYSHYN / AFP)

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TOPSHOT - An elderly man holds his ballot as he leaves a polling booth to cast at a polling station in ?shana village, some 15 km from western Ukrainian city of Lviv, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Yuri DYACHYSHYN / AFP)

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TOPSHOT - Youths rest at the Independence Square in central Kiev on April 21, 2019, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election. (Photo by Vasily MAXIMOV / AFP)

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TOPSHOT - Ukrainian service people, members of the election commission, count ballot papers at a polling station on the front line with Russia backed separatists in the town of Zolote, Lugansk region, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 21, 2019. - A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election on April 21, 2019, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP)

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KIEV, UKRAINE - APRIL 21: Voters cast their ballots at a polling station during the second round of Ukraine's presidential elections, in Kiev, Ukraine on April 21, 2019. Vladimir Shtanko / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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KIEV, UKRAINE - APRIL 21: Voters cast their ballots at a polling station during the second round of Ukraine's presidential elections, in Kiev, Ukraine on April 21, 2019. Vladimir Shtanko / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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KIEV, UKRAINE - APRIL 21: Voters cast their ballots at a polling station during the second round of Ukraine's presidential elections, in Kiev, Ukraine on April 21, 2019. Vladimir Shtanko / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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KIEV, UKRAINE - APRIL 21: Voters cast their ballots at a polling station during the second round of Ukraine's presidential elections, in Kiev, Ukraine on April 21, 2019. Vladimir Shtanko / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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KIEV, UKRAINE - APRIL 21: Voters cast their ballots at a polling station during the second round of Ukraine's presidential elections, in Kiev, Ukraine on April 21, 2019. Vladimir Shtanko / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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KIEV, UKRAINE - APRIL 21: Voters cast their ballots at a polling station during the second round of Ukraine's presidential elections, in Kiev, Ukraine on April 21, 2019. Vladimir Shtanko / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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KIEV, UKRAINE - APRIL 21: Voters cast their ballots at a polling station during the second round of Ukraine's presidential elections, in Kiev, Ukraine on April 21, 2019. Vladimir Shtanko / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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KIEV, UKRAINE - APRIL 21: Voters cast their ballots at a polling station during the second round of Ukraine's presidential elections, in Kiev, Ukraine on April 21, 2019. Vladimir Shtanko / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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KIEV, UKRAINE - APRIL 21: Voters cast their ballots at a polling station during the second round of Ukraine's presidential elections, in Kiev, Ukraine on April 21, 2019. Vladimir Shtanko / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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KIEV, UKRAINE - APRIL 21: Voters cast their ballots at a polling station during the second round of Ukraine's presidential elections, in Kiev, Ukraine on April 21, 2019. Vladimir Shtanko / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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KIEV, UKRAINE - APRIL 21: Voters cast their ballots at a polling station during the second round of Ukraine's presidential elections, in Kiev, Ukraine on April 21, 2019. Vladimir Shtanko / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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KIEV, UKRAINE - APRIL 21: Voters cast their ballots at a polling station during the second round of Ukraine's presidential elections, in Kiev, Ukraine on April 21, 2019. Vladimir Shtanko / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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KIEV, UKRAINE - APRIL 21: Voters cast their ballots at a polling station during the second round of Ukraine's presidential elections, in Kiev, Ukraine on April 21, 2019. Vladimir Shtanko / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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KIEV, UKRAINE - APRIL 21: Voters cast their ballots at a polling station during the second round of Ukraine's presidential elections, in Kiev, Ukraine on April 21, 2019. Vladimir Shtanko / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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KIEV, UKRAINE - APRIL 21: Voters cast their ballots at a polling station during the second round of Ukraine's presidential elections, in Kiev, Ukraine on April 21, 2019. Vladimir Shtanko / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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KIEV, UKRAINE - APRIL 21: Voters cast their ballots at a polling station during the second round of Ukraine's presidential elections, in Kiev, Ukraine on April 21, 2019. Vladimir Shtanko / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(190421) -- KIEV, April 21, 2019 -- Staff members check informations for a voter at a polling station in Kiev, Ukraine, April 21, 2019. Ukrainians began to cast their ballots on Sunday in a second round of the country s presidential election between actor Volodymyr Zelensky and incumbent President Petro Poroshenko. Chen Junfeng) UKRAINE-KIEV-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-2ND ROUND chenjunfeng PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN

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(190421) -- KIEV, April 21, 2019 -- Voters wait to cast their ballots at a polling station in Kiev, Ukraine, April 21, 2019. Ukrainians began to cast their ballots on Sunday in a second round of the country s presidential election between actor Volodymyr Zelensky and incumbent President Petro Poroshenko. Chen Junfeng) UKRAINE-KIEV-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-2ND ROUND chenjunfeng PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN

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(190421) -- KIEV, April 21, 2019 -- Voters queue to cast their ballots at a polling station in Kiev, Ukraine, April 21, 2019. Ukrainians began to cast their ballots on Sunday in a second round of the country s presidential election between actor Volodymyr Zelensky and incumbent President Petro Poroshenko. Chen Junfeng) UKRAINE-KIEV-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-2ND ROUND chenjunfeng PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN

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Ukrainian President and Presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko and his wife Maryna with their ballots on a polling station in Kiev, Ukraine, 21 April 2019. Photos by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ukrainian President and Presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko votes in a polling station on the day of the second round of the Ukrainian presidential elections in Kiev, Ukraine on April 21, 2019. Photos by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ukrainian votes in a polling station, the day of the second round of the Ukrainian presidential elections, in the center of Kiev, Ukraine, April 21, 2019. Photos by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ukrainian votes in a polling station, the day of the second round of the Ukrainian presidential elections, in the center of Kiev, Ukraine, April 21, 2019. Photos by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ukrainian votes in a polling station, the day of the second round of the Ukrainian presidential elections, in the center of Kiev, Ukraine, April 21, 2019. Photos by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ukrainian take pictures of President and Presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko in a polling station on the day of the second round of the Ukrainian presidential elections in Kiev, Ukraine on April 21, 2019. Photos by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Atmosphere in a polling station, the day of the second round of the Ukrainian presidential elections, in the center of Kiev, Ukraine, April 21, 2019. Photos by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Atmosphere in a polling station, the day of the second round of the Ukrainian presidential elections, in the center of Kiev, Ukraine, April 21, 2019. Photos by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Atmosphere in a polling station, the day of the second round of the Ukrainian presidential elections, in the center of Kiev, Ukraine, April 21, 2019. Photos by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Polling station candidate Volodymyr Zelensky, the day of the second round of presidential elections Ukrainian, Kiev, Ukraine, April 21, 2019. Photos by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ukrainian Presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky casts his ballot at a polling station during Presidential elections in Kiev, Ukraine, 21 April 2019 Photos by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ukrainian Presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky shows his ballot to journalists at a polling station during Presidential elections in Kiev, Ukraine, 21 April 2019. Photos by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Atmosphere at the campaign headquarters of Presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky following a presidential elections in Kiev, Ukraine, on April 21, 2019. Photos by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Atmosphere at the campaign headquarters of Presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky following a presidential elections in Kiev, Ukraine, on April 21, 2019. Photos by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Atmosphere at the campaign headquarters of Presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky following a presidential elections in Kiev, Ukraine, on April 21, 2019. Photos by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Atmosphere at the campaign headquarters of Presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky following a presidential elections in Kiev, Ukraine, on April 21, 2019. Photos by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Atmosphere at the campaign headquarters of Presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky following a presidential elections in Kiev, Ukraine, on April 21, 2019. Photos by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Atmosphere at the campaign headquarters of Presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky following a presidential elections in Kiev, Ukraine, on April 21, 2019. Photos by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Atmosphere at the campaign headquarters of Presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky following a presidential elections in Kiev, Ukraine, on April 21, 2019. Photos by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Atmosphere at the campaign headquarters of Presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky following a presidential elections in Kiev, Ukraine, on April 21, 2019. Photos by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kyiv - Ukraine - Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky is seen at the Maritime Institure voting station in Kyiv, Ukraine on April 21, 2019. Volodymyr Zelensky, an a comedian and actor with no political experience is set to win the election after winning the first round of presidential elections with almost twice as many votes as the runner up, incumbent President Petro Poroshenko. Credit: Jaap Arriens | Hollandse Hoogte

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Ukrainian servicemen carry a machine gun in their trench on the front line with Russia backed separatists near the town of Zolote, Lugansk region, during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on April 20, 2019. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP)

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