Historic Ukrainian debates

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 Ukraine’s incumbent president Petro Poroshenko and comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy faced off in a televised debate at Kyiv’s giant Olympic stadium today. Host Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s Zhanna Bezpiatchuk in Kyiv about what to look out for ahead of the presidential elections Sunday.

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