Polls open in Ukraine's presidential election

Polls have opened in Ukraine as the country votes in the first round of presidential elections. Current leader Petro Poroshenko is seeking re-election. Voters will choose from among 39 candidates.

Kiev: Voters started casting ballots on Sunday morning after polls opened in Ukraine's presidential election.

President Petro Poroshenko is running for another term but a poll released Friday by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology showed him with support of just 13.7 percent of the voters.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who shot to national prominence by playing the role of president in a television comedy series, topped the poll at 20.9 percent.

Yulia Tymoshenko, a former prime minister making her third run at the presidency, was in third with 9.7 percent.

Voters will choose from among 39 candidates.