Ukraine election: Comedian leads presidential contest "Kerch confrontation puts Crimean crisis back in spotlight "Manafort trial has Ukraine freshly nervous about Trump"" 22 minutes ago VIDEO - Media captionMr Zelenskiy spoke to the BBC after the exit polls were announced A comedian with no political experience has won the most votes in the first round of Ukraine's presidential elections, according to exit polls. They say Volodymyr Zelenskiy - who plays the president on TV - got 30.4%, with current leader Petro Poroshenko on 17.8%. Early results confirm this. The two - who have expressed largely pro-EU opinions - are set to take part in a run-off election next month. Ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko appears to have been eliminated. Continued - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47767440