On Sunday, Zelensky will likely become Ukraine's first president of Jewish origin, breaking boundaries in a country long associated with antisemitism, writes Oliver Carroll
Comedian and leading Ukrainian presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy plays ping pong with a journalist at his election night gathering in Kiev, Ukraine. If no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, the top two vote-getters will face off in a second-round election on April 21Election officials count ballots at a polling station in Kiev during the first round of Ukraine's presidential election,People walk in front of St.
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