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Ousted Defense Minister Calls For Elections, But Can Ukraine Hold Them During the War?

A former defense minister whose dismissal last month sparked protests has delivered a videotaped address to Ukrainians in which he assailed wartime corruption, warned of a systemic crisis of governance, and said the country must find a way to hold elections despite the continuing Russian invasion.

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Former Ukrainian Defence Minister Mîhailo Fedorov is considering running for President of Ukraine if elections are to be held, according to sources quoted by Ukraine Pravda. Fedorov has not announced that he will enter the electoral race, but has not excluded this possibility and claims that Ukraine must prepare for the resumption of the democratic process.

·Bucharest, Romania
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(Dan Tri Newspaper) - Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov is reportedly considering running for president after being dismissed from his position.

Mikhail Fedorov answered whether he will go to the presidency of Ukraine: read more in the material tsn.ua (news 1+1)

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The team of former Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov said that his call to prepare for the elections does not mean the intention to hold them in the near future, but implies the early consideration of all issues related to the upcoming vote. Even if a full-scale war ends, Ukraine will need a transition period to prepare the electoral process. We are talking about interaction with the Central Election Commission and the Constitutional Court, chang…

·Kyiv, Ukraine
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Radio Free Europe/ RadioLiberty broke the news in Prague, Czechia on Friday, August 21, 2026.
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