Ukrainian presidential candidates Petro Poroshenko and Volodymyr Zelenskiy held debates at the Olimpiyskiy stadium in Kiev, after which they have another debate scheduled on the UA: Pershy TV channel. True, only Poroshenko expressed his readiness to come to the TV channel and, most likely, will debate with himself.
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Debates of Vladimir Zelensky and Petro Poroshenko: online reporting
'19.04.2019'
ForumDaily Woman
Vladimir Zelensky in the first round significantly ahead of Petro Poroshenko. After the first round, he recorded a video in which Poroshenko urged to come to the debate to the stadium, but did not name the date. President agreed.
ForumDaily conducts online reporting of presidential debates in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. The live broadcast with simultaneous translation into Russian can be viewed by link.
13:00 The debate is over!
12:55 Poroshenko sings a hymn, Zelensky kisses his wife
12:52 The presidential candidates began their final words by thanking each other, and then they began to blame each other. Poroshenko Poroshenko says Zelenskiy is a good actor and has done a good and vibrant campaign.
“It's good that people saw the beginning of our discussion. And I suggest you now continue the discussion on the Public TV channel. ”
“We have not heard from him anything about strategy, about decisive steps, how we will protect the state. From your answers, we understood that you are spreading a lie, that you continue to use the line that was conducted on the channel of your partner Kolomoisky, who provided you with security, equipment, lawyers so that you could take over our state.
You are not Goloborodko. You did not come here by trolleybus or bicycle. You are the main conductor of the oligarchs. You have closed your 2018 tax return. Why don't you showcase the sources of your capital?
I will accept any choice on April 21st. But on April 22, life will go on, and the main thing is not to lose the country. Together - to the victory of Ukraine, our victory with you, "- finished Poroshenko, according to Air force.
Zelensky
“Poroshenko had many achievements: visa-free, army, Tomos, language. But I don't understand why you wrote down all these achievements only to you.
Yes, these are victories, but the Ukrainian language was before you. Visa-free is a victory for diplomats who started this process before you.
Tomos is a victory, but Filareta, who fought for the Ukrainian church even when you were a parishioner of the Moscow Patriarchate.
And the army. This is a feat of the Ukrainian people, ”Zelensky finished.
The showman promises to “break the system” and create a new one, with “normal people, with a different mentality, the mentality of the XNUMXst century”. The stadium is chanting: "Zelensky!"
12:42 Presidents knelt down. Zelensky initiated this as a sign of respect for the military, mothers and children who did not wait for their loved ones from the war, as well as to the entire people of Ukraine.
12:35 Zelenskiy claims he is not being questioned by the prosecutor to give a "clear answer." He promises to respect the European choice of Ukrainians. He reminds that there is only one term - 5 years. He keeps his "fists" so that Poroshenko's politics will no longer exist. He reminds that everyone who breaks the law will go to jail. He also recalled that Poroshenko invited him to work on his TV channel.
12:35 Poroshenko claims that everything Zelenskiy said is a lie. He also asks for an answer where Zelensky sees Ukraine in five years. 12:30 Zelenskiy asks why Roshen candies are still sold in Russia, and is it true that these candies are in rations of the LPR and DPR.
12:20 During his speech, Poroshenko came close to Zelensky, and the candidates looked eye to eye for several seconds. After Zelensky said: "I am not your opponent, I am your sentence."
“By the way. about Putin. I have never spoken to Putin in my life. And I know how many times you talked to Putin on the phone, through Medvedchuk or directly.
I have not been to Russia since the beginning of the war. It is a lie again.
As for the commander-in-chief. Now is the war. But you ask me questions that you must answer, why the war has not ended yet, ”Zelensky said, according to Air force.
12:10 Poroshenko stands. In his speech, he accuses Zelensky of hiding from journalists and the Ukrainian people, as well as his relationship with the Kremlin and Russia. He also recalled Zelensky that he was hiding from mobilization when they brought him a summons in 2014 year.
12:04 “In 2014, I myself was for Pan Poroshenko, but I was wrong,” Zelensky said in his speech. During his speech, Poroshenko's supporters shouted "Shame!" Zelenskiy says there are two Poroshenko. “The first Poroshenko shouts on Mikhailovskaya:“ Putin, I'll show you, ”and the second sends greetings to Moscow through Medvedchuk. The first one says I am opening a school, and the second one opens Roschen stores. The first Poroshenko says that the dollar will be 10, the second - makes 30 ″. I'm not a politician, Zelensky says. “I'm just a person who came to break this system. I am the result, Petr Alekseevich, of your mistakes and promises ”.
12:02 Amazing act. Petro Poroshenko left his stage and went to the scene to Vladimir Zelensky.
11:48 Petro Poroshenko appeared at the stadium. He was greeted with stormy applause and shouts.
11:40 The Machete group is on the side of Zelensky. Its frontman Yaroslav Maly is the founder of the well-known Russian group "Tokyo".
“These political parties will not split us. Do you agree? " In response, Poroshenko started shouting "shame" - "shame" in Ukrainian.
From the stands Poroshenko viguyuyut "Hanba" through those on the stage of Zelensky hermit Tokio spivau Russian language pic.twitter.com/T5CXyXLqLg
— NV (@tweetsNV) April 19, 2019
He wrote the fans' anthem for the 2014 Sochi Olympics, as well as soundtracks for the films “9th Rota” and “Heat”, writes Air Force In 2015, Maly left Russia for Ukraine. “It is impossible to be there because of such a huge amount of lies. We made a decision that it would be right for us and for our children to be here now in order to support our country, since I am a citizen of Ukraine. And so that they grow up in a democratic society, ”said the musician after the move.
11:27 The debate ticket looks like this:
Ukrainian media report that not everyone has enough tickets for debates. The stadium gathered a large line of spectators and more than a hundred journalists.
Mayzhe year is in the middle - i voila) # Stadiontakstadion pic.twitter.com/fCFxJ8xqg0
- Roman Romaniuk (@romromaniuk) April 19, 2019
11:00 Edition “Country”Reports that there are snipers on the roofs of buildings around the stadium.
10:45 Supporters of Poroshenko and Zelensky pass through one entrance and are further distributed over half of the stadium, reports BBC News Ukraine.
The photo of the stadium, published on Twitter, shows that there are more people near Poroshenko’s scene than Zelensky’s.
10:20 Ukrainians are gradually coming to the stadium, where there are two stages. At each stage, artists have already started performing, supporting one or another candidate. On the stage of Poroshenko, the group "Plach Aremia" performed, Zelensky's - singer Artem Pivovarov.
Radio Svoboda reports that the police are "rather superficially" carrying out a check, but the armbands with the words "Let's Save Ukraine" are forced to take them off.
As previously reported by ForumDaily:
- Showman Vladimir Zelensky in first round of presidential elections in Ukraine pulled ahead from the current president of Petro Poroshenko.
- After long negotiations, the candidates in the end agreed to hold a joint debate before the second round. They will be held on April 19.
- The second round of elections will take place on April 21.
- Citizens of Ukraine who are permanently or temporarily abroad can take part in the voting if they are in the voter list at the relevant foreign polling station on the basis of a valid passport. The list of polling stations in the USA can be found by link.
