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FILE - In this Friday, March 29, 2019 file photo, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukrainian actor and candidate in the upcoming presidential election, hosts a comedy show at a concert hall in Brovary, Ukraine. For his presidential campaign popular Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy has literally taken the script from a TV show in which he plays the Ukrainian president. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, file)

New Ukrainian leader’s campaign took page from sitcom script

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, left, and Ukrainian presidential candidate and popular comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy, right, argue their debates at the Olympic stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, April 19, 2019. Friday is the last official day of election canvassing in Ukraine as all presidential candidates and their campaigns will be barred from campaigning on Saturday, the day before the vote.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Comedian headed for landslide victory in Ukraine

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

A man casts his ballot, as his pet waits for him at a polling station, during the second round of presidential elections in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, April 21, 2019. Top issues in the election have been corruption, the economy and how to end the conflict with Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

The Latest: Ukraine comedian romping to presidential win

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Ukrainian presidential candidate and popular comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy listens to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko during their final electoral campaign debate at the Olympic stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, April 19, 2019. Friday is the last official day of election canvassing in Ukraine as all presidential candidates and their campaigns will be barred from campaigning on Saturday, the day before the vote. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Ukraine quiet ahead of presidential election

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Monday, April 15, 2019, Ihor Levonchik, a resident of Kryvyi Rih, in eastern Ukraine, tells The Associated Press why he supports comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy over President Petro Poroshenko in a runoff presidential election scheduled for Sunday, April 21. “We can’t live like that anymore, we need changes,” said Levonchik. “They told us that we would become part of Europe, but our living standards have remained Ukrainian while prices have indeed matched their level in Europe.” (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

In Ukrainian candidate’s hometown, a cry for change

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

A man holds an Ukrainian flag as protesters gather to march to the Olympic stadium ahead of debates between two candidates in the weekend presidential run-off in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, April 19, 2019. Friday is the last official day of election canvassing in Ukraine as all presidential candidates and their campaigns will be barred from campaigning on Saturday, the day before the vote. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Rivals in Ukraine’s presidential runoff debate at stadium

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

A portrait of Ukrainian presidential candidate and popular comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy made of candies is displayed at the Sweet Museum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Friday, April 19, 2019. The second round of the presidential vote in Ukraine will take place on April 21. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Ukraine candidates: Experience vs image

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Friday, March 29, 2019, file photo, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukrainian actor and candidate in the upcoming presidential election, hosts a comedy show at a concert hall in Brovary, Ukraine. Ukraine’s presidential runoff on Sunday, April 21, is a battle between a billionaire tycoon who rode anti-Russian protests to the nation’s top office five years ago, and a comedian who plays a president in a TV sitcom. The actor has used humor and social media to take pole position. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, file)

Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine’s presidential candidate, pledges NATO referendum

By Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo taken on Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, a client leaves PrivatBank as other clients take money from PrivatBank's cash machine in Kiev, Ukraine. A Ukrainian court has ruled that the 2016 nationalization of the major bank PrivatBank, owned by a powerful tycoon Ihor Kolomoyskyi, was illegal. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Ukraine reverses nationalization of tycoon’s bank

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In this Friday, March 29, 2019, file photo, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukrainian actor and candidate in the upcoming presidential election, hosts a comedy show at a concert hall in Brovary, Ukraine. Ukraine’s presidential runoff on Sunday, April 21, is a battle between a billionaire tycoon who rode anti-Russian protests to the nation’s top office five years ago, and a comedian who plays a president in a TV sitcom. The actor has used humor and social media to take pole position. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, file)

Ukraine election: The president vs. guy who plays one on TV

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

This is all Ukraine's fault ... (Illustration by Michael Ramirez for Creators Syndicate)

CROSSTALK: Ukraine election no worries for U.S.

By L. Todd Wood

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gestures while answering to a journalist's question ahead of the presidential elections on April 21, at the Olympic stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, April 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

CROSSTALK: Ukraine elections: Why should Americans care?

By Edward Lozansky

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gestures as he answers to a journalist's question ahead of the presidential elections on April 21, at the Olympic stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, April 14, 2019. The event Sunday was the latest unusual scene in the fight between Poroshenko and Zelenskiy, the comedian whom polls show holding a commanding lead. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine president holds 1-man ‘debate’ before runoff vote

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko are talking during a meeting in Berlin, Germany, Friday, April 12, 2019. (Mykola Lazarenko/Presidential Press Service Pool Photo via AP)

France’s Macron meets Ukraine’s 2 presidential contenders

By GEIR MOULSON and SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Ultra-right activists hound European lesbian conference

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People pass by a billboard depicting Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin looking at each other in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, April 11, 2019. Writing on the big board reads: &quot;A decisive choice.&quot; Poroshenko is running for his second term at the second round of presidential vote on April 21. He advocates Ukraine's integration into the European Union back from Russian influence. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine campaign heats up with new court, truck video

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

In this Oct. 17, 2016, photo, attorney Gregory Craig arrives at U.S. District Court in Washington. Lawyers for former Obama administration White House counsel Craig say they expect their client to be charged in a foreign lobbying investigation that grew out of the special counsel’s Russia probe. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Ex-Obama counsel expects charges in Mueller-related probe

By ERIC TUCKER and CHAD DAY - Associated Press

Supporters of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gather in front of Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukrainian actor and candidate's headquarters during a rally in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 9, 2019. A poster reads &quot;Kryvyi Rih wants to know is Zelenskiy a drug addict?&quot; (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Backers of Ukraine’s rival presidential candidates brawl

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Soldiers from 101st Airborne deploying to Ukraine this month

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FILE In this file photo taken on Friday, March 29, 2019, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukrainian actor and candidate in the upcoming presidential election, hosts a comedy show at a concert hall in Brovary, Ukraine. Zelenskiy has no political experience, but his easygoing manner and snappy talk on the campaign trail strongly resembled his character in “Servant of the People”, a schoolteacher catapulted into the presidential seat. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Drug tests then debate in Ukraine’s presidential runoff

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