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Ukraine's one-sided debate

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Presidential showdown: Poroshenko accepts Zelensky challenge to debate

It’s a presidential showdown — Ukrainian current president Poroshenko has accepted a challenge by his opponent Zelensky to debate, but first...a drugs test. Really.

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Comedian Zelenskiy leading Ukraine presidential election

A comedian with no political experience is leading Ukraine's presidential poll with more than 50% of ballots counted.

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Russian bears place bets on Ukraine's presidential election

Zoo animals in Russia have been tasked with predicting the outcome of this weekend's presidential election in Ukraine

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"Part of the country is occupied" Ukranian views ahead of election

Here is the view from Ukraine ahead of a presidential election on Sunday.

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Explainer: All you need to know about Ukraine's presidential election

Ukrainians won't have a shortage of candidates to choose from when they go to the polls to elect a new president. A record 44 people put their names forward, although five have since dropped out.

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Why is support for far-right party National Corps growing in Ukraine?

2,000 supporters of Ukraine's ultra-nationalist movement hit the streets of Kiev for a second-anniversary march on Saturday (March 2).

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Ukraine’s would-be leaders are making big promises ahead of elections

The election campaign in Ukraine is in full swing, 44 candidates running for the presidency. Many are trying to win the hearts of the electorate through enormous roadside billboards and often even bigger pledges. Besides marriage, promising peace for the country’s war-torn east, stability, jobs.

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A comedian is now frontrunner for Ukraine's presidential post: poll

Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky, who is known for his role playing the Ukrainian president in a popular television show, is actually now the frontrunner for Ukraine's top job, according to a recent poll

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Two Y.V Tymoshkenkos among 44 candidates for Ukrainian president

Yuliya Tymoshenko claims another candidate with a similar name is trying to steal her votes

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Ukraine bans entry to Russian men to 'stop private armies'

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the restrictions had been put in place to prevent Russians from forming “private armies” to fight on Ukrainian soil.

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Russia's Putin says Ukraine guilty in Black Sea standoff

Putin on Wednesday accused Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko of orchestrating a naval "provocation" in the Black Sea to boost his ratings ahead of next year's elections.

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Ukraine: What is meant by martial law?

Ukraine is to introduce 30 days of martial law on Wednesday, but what does this really mean?

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Voting in disputed elections underway for new local leaders in Donetsk and Luhansk

Disputed elections got underway for new local leaders in the two self-proclaimed peoples' republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in Eastern Ukraine

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No EU fatigue towards helping Ukraine, says Mogherini

The European Union continues to support Kiev with aid and Russian sanctions, says the bloc's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini.

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Ukraine deports Georgian ex-president to Warsaw

CCTV footage shows Mikheil Saakashvili being dragged away from a central Kyiv restaurant by armed border service officers.

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Explosion injures Ukrainian MP - kills bodyguard

An explosion in Kiev has injured an MP, while killing his bodyguard in an apparent assassination attempt

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Euroviews. View: Why an EU-Ukraine customs union would be mutually benefitial

If the EU turns Ukraine away, what message does that send to other states in our neighborhood, or to Russia?

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Ukraine moves one step closer to EU visa-free travel

The European Parliament has reached an informal agreement to grant Ukrainians visa-free travel to the European Union

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Clashes between nationalists and separatists at a rail blockade in eastern Ukraine

A gang of men - one wielding a chainsaw - has attacked a pro-Kyiv rail blockade in eastern Ukraine. More than 35 people were arrested at Kryvyi Torets. One man was injured.