Voters in Ukraine cast ballots on April 21 in the second round of the country's presidential election. From soldiers on the front lines and residents of villages in war-torn eastern Ukraine to the candidates in the capital, Kyiv, some 35 million Ukrainians were eligible to vote.
Day Of Decision: Ukrainians Choose A New President
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Ukrainian presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy celebrates in Kyiv after exit polls showed he was on his way to a landslide victory in the April 21 presidential runoff vote.
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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko delivers a concession speech after exit polls showed him set to lose the April 21 presidential runoff vote. He congratulated challenger Volodymyr Zelenskiy on his victory and promised not to leave politics.
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Ukrainian soldiers line up to vote in a special ballot station in the village of Krymske in the Luhansk region during the April 21 presidential runoff vote.
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A Ukrainian soldier casts his ballot paper. The choice is between incumbent President Petro Poroshenko and political outsider Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
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Ukrainian soldiers voted in special tents.
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An election official brings a ballot box to the front-line village of Novotroitse in the Donetsk region on April 21. As the gates show, most homes here have been damaged by shelling.
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More than 50 people registered for home voting in the front-line village of Novotroitse in the Donetsk region.
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Election officials brought ballot boxes house-to-house so elderly voters could cast ballots in Ukraine's April 21 presidential runoff vote.
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A woman inspects the ballot paper during home voting in the village of Novotroitse in the Donetsk region.
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More than 13,000 people have died since fighting broke out in 2014 in eastern Ukraine between Russia-backed separatists and Ukrainian government forces.
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An election official tours the front-line village of Novotroitse in the Donetsk region.
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Election officials expected turnout in Novotroitse would be higher in the second round of presidential voting.
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A polling station in Kyiv during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election on April 21.
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A man casts his ballot at a polling station in Kyiv on April 21.
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A Ukrainian family takes a souvenir selfie at a polling station in Kyiv on April 21.
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A child waits for his parents to cast their ballots at a polling station in Kyiv during the second round of Ukraine's presidential election on April 21.
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Incumbent President Petro Poroshenko speaks to RFE/RL as he arrives at Kyiv's House of Officers to cast his ballot with his wife, Maryna Poroshenko, on April 21.
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Presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy outside a Kyiv polling station after casting his ballot. Asked by RFE/RL what would be the first issues he would tackle if elected president, he answered: "The war and corruption."
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A Femen activist protests outside a polling station where Volodymyr Zelenskiy voted in Kyiv. The woman warned voters that a Zelenskiy presidency could end up being a "funny mistake."
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A voter casts a ballot in Kyiv on April 21.
