The head of state says has not yet announced his participation in the upcoming presidential campaign in Ukraine.
President Petro Poroshenko will decide on whether to join the presidential run along with the official start of campaign, an UNIAN correspondent reported from the president's big press conference, titled Challenges 2018, in Kyiv Wednesday, Feb 28.
When asked how he intends to cope with the challenge posed by Yulia Tymoshenko who is leading opinion polls according to the latest surveys, and whether he will accept the loss to his old political rival, Petro Poroshenko said: "I wouldn't not argue with you over who tops the ratings because I am engaged in state transformation, reforms, defense, and foreign policy rather than ratings – that's what I've been doing from the very beginning."
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The presidential election in Ukraine is set to take place in 2019.