In Ukraine, voters are heading to the polls in the first round of a presidential election. The vote is being watched closely in the West and in Russia. Ukrainians have dozens of candidates to pick from, but polls indicate there are three frontrunners: President Petro Poroshenko, former Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko and television comedian Volodymyr Zelensky. The last time Ukraine went to the polls in 2014, the country was in freefall. Russia had just invaded and annexed the Crimea region and pro-Russian separatists had seized control of part of the country's east. So what are the issues foremost in Ukrainians’ minds five years on?
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