May 26 (BBC News Ukraine) Ukrainian
confectionery tycoon Petro Poroshenko has claimed outright victory in the
country's presidential election. Mr Poroshenko, known as the "chocolate
king", won more than 55% of the vote in the first round, exit polls
suggest. Announcing he had won, the 48-year-old businessman promised to forge
closer links with the EU and restore peace in restive eastern regions.
Pro-Russian
separatists severely disrupted voting there. Some 20 people have died in
fighting in recent days. No polling stations were open in Donetsk city, and
across the region only seven out of 12 district electoral commissions were
operating. The separatists are in control of large areas of the Donestk and
Luhansk regions. Four hours before polls closed, at 16:00 (13:00 GMT),
unofficial estimates put the turnout nationwide at 45%.
Vitaliy Klitschko (right) says he has been elected mayor of Kiev
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