Zelensky Rejects Wartime Elections, Citing Risk to Ukraine's Unity
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected calls for wartime elections, stating that holding them during the conflict could "destroy" and "split" the country. He emphasized the significant risks involved in such a move.
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Zelensky Says His Ex-Defense Minister Was Wrong to Call for Elections
The Ukrainian president repeated his long-held position that elections in the middle of war would tear his country apart.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that holding elections during wartime would pose a threat to the country, following a controversial call by his former defense minister to pave the way for an election. According to the latest opinion poll by the Kyiv Institute of Sociology carried out this summer, only 15 per cent of those surveyed want an election to be held at this time. Details by Eliza Herbert.
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