<span style="color: #222222;">In Ukraine, voting is in progress for the first phase of Presidential elections. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The incumbent, Petro Poroshenko, is seeking re-election but the surprise front-runner is comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is also running for the post. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">If no candidate gets more than 50 per cent votes today, the top two will fight it out in a second round on 21st April.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A total of 39 candidates are on the ballot paper, but only the three front-runners are considered to have any chance of victory.</span><br />'' <br />''