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Sunday, April 21, 2019
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Sunday, April 21, 2019
Ukraine’s outgoing leader Poroshenko concedes defeat, congratulates Zelensky
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUkraine’s President Petro Poroshenko concedes the presidential race and congratulates comedian Volodymyr Zelensky on his win.
Zelensky, who won a landslide victory, tells his supporters he will not let them down, and encourages other-post Soviet countries to bring new leaders to power.
“I will never let you down,” the 41-year-old TV star says, at his campaign headquarters after the results of exit polls are published.
“While I am not formally president yet, as a citizen of Ukraine I can tell all post-Soviet countries: ‘Look at us! Everything is possible!'”
— AFP, with Times of Israel staff
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