“Five years of stalemate, hatred, war and economic collapse are the result of his (Poroshenko - RT ) activities. And I do not think that he will find any words for people to believe him and give him votes, ”Boyko explained on the Russia 24 TV channel.

As reported by TASS, Boyko also stressed that for the time being it is impossible to judge about possible improvements in relations between Russia and Ukraine in the event Zelensky wins.

Earlier, he said that the policy of the current Ukrainian authorities led to the impoverishment of the population.

On April 7, the CEC of Ukraine officially announced the results of the first round of elections. Zelensky received 5,714,034 votes (30.24%), Poroshenko - 3,014,609 votes (15.95%), and 2,532,452 people (13.40%) voted for Tymoshenko.

Ex-deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Spiridon Kilinkarov, in an interview with NSN, commented on Zelensky’s popularity in the country.