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Zelensky rejects wartime elections, saying vote would 'split' Ukraine
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…
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- Why it matters
- Ukraine has suspended elections under martial law, and Zelensky's public rejection of wartime voting sets the terms of debate over whether that suspension continues or when normal politics might resume.
- Most affected
- Ukrainian citizens — Elections remain suspended; no scheduled date for voting has been announced.
- Likely next
- Whether Zelensky's position shifts as the war evolves, or whether other officials renew calls for elections before martial law ends.
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