The two finalists in the weekend’s Ukrainian presidential election, President Petro Poroshenko and comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy, are set to debate on April 19 evening in Kyiv’s Olympic Stadium, capping a bitter, unusual campaign season. Hours before the debate, crowds were already starting to gather at the stadium, said FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg, reporting from Kyiv’s 70,000-seater Olympic Stadium.
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France 24: Ukraine’s ‘very unorthodox’ debate in football stadium (VIDEO)
People attend a debate between the two Ukrainian presidential candidates - President Petro Porosheko and his rival, comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy - at Kyiv's Olympic Stadium on April 19, 2019.
