2019 Presidential Election UkrInform: Oleksandr Moroz withdraws from presidential race in Ukraine By UkrInform. Published March 28, 2019 at 2:30 pm Oleksandr Moroz speaks with the Kyiv Post in his office in the Verkhovna Rada committees building on March 13, 2019. Photo by Kostyantyn Chernichkin Socialist Party leader Oleksandr Moroz has announced he is withdrawing his candidacy from Ukraine’s presidential race. Read more here.