Ukrainian voters headed to the polls in snap parliamentary elections on July 21 after comedian-turned-president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, dissolved parliament in a bid to get a legislative mandate for his reforms. Exit polls showed Zelenskiy's Servant of the People party was expected to win the largest share of the vote.
Ukrainians Vote For New Parliament
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Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko poses for a selfie with voters as he visits a polling station to cast his vote in Kyiv. Poroshenko, who is allied with the European Solidarity party, was defeated by Volodymyr Zelenskiy in April's presidential vote. (AP/Efrem Lukatsky)
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More than a dozen candidates were listed on this ballot paper seen at a polling station in Kyiv. (RFE/RL/Serhii Nuzhnenko)
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A girl holds the Ukrainian flag as her grandmother examines ballot papers at a polling station in Kyiv. (AFP/Sergei Supinsky)
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Ukraine’s biggest pop-music star Svyatoslav Vakarchuk poses for a picture at a polling station in Kyiv. He leads the party Holos, which espouses a strong pro-Western, pro-European ideology. President Zelenskiy's Servant Of The People party could make Holos a coalition partner in parliament. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)