Video from the debate:
Zelenskiy says he is "the result of [Poroshenko's] mistakes and [unrealized] promises."
Poroshenko's five-minute introductory remarks begin.
Poroshenko: "After three long weeks, we managed to drag him into the debate."
"The people finally have a chance to know what the candidate would really do while running a country at war."
"What matters for Ukrainians is to know what to expect in the future, not to smear one another."
"The country needs a strong leader, a leader who is able to continue running the international coalition we have built."
Speaking of 2014, I stepped up when the country needed every volunteer who could help. And where was my opponent? Probably evading conscription. [6:13]
I believe that Mr. Zelenskiy does not want to give up Ukraine, turn us back to Russia. But how is he to stand up to all the intricacies? Next to me, we only have a shell of a person. We don't know what's inside.
Wrapping up his five-minute introductory remarks, Zelenskiy says: "I'm not a politician, I'm just a simple man who came to break this system. I'm the result of your mistakes and missteps, Mr. Poroshenko."
Zelenskiy asks - did we really have to have two stages?
Crowd says 'No!'
Zelenskiy says: Let's applaud the people who have been bused in!
Zelenskiy: "I'm a simple guy from a simple place, and I'll fight for the people from whom the presidency was stolen in 2014. ...
Could we have imagined in 2014 that enriching the people of the country would enrich only his clique?
That ending the war would turn into Debaltseve and other massacres?"
Zelenskiy: "Poroshenko is a real master of eloquence when cameras are rolling. Otherwise, we have a completely different person. [With cameras on] he says Putin, I'll show you what I'm made of. When the cameras are off, he sends his greetings to Putin."
"When the cameras are off, he has enriched himself 800 times over."
Each candidate has one minute for questions, four minutes for answers.
Zelenskiy begins: 'Good evening, everyone.'