US EditionUkraine will not hold elections until a ceasefire is in place, Zelenskyy says
Zelenskyy insists elections require ceasefire and security guarantees amid ongoing conflict and logistical challenges affecting millions of displaced voters, citing constitutional limits.
- Ukraine will only hold elections when security guarantees and a ceasefire with Russia are in place, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
- Zelensky stated that a ceasefire could potentially "end hostilities by summer" if Russia agrees.
- The Financial Times reported that Ukraine was considering holding a presidential election within three months, after facing pressure from Washington.
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According to the Constitution of Ukraine, the organisation of national elections while the country is under martial law is illegal. It was declared on 24 February 2022, on the day Russia launched its invasion on a large scale. Article Volodimir Zelenski claims that the war in Ukraine could end until Friday “if Russia agrees”. When the presidential elections were to be held the first time in Romania TV.
The Ukrainian President said that an election could only be held after a ceasefire, and certainly not on the anniversary of the country's invasion.
Zelensky says Ukraine will not hold elections until security guarantees in place
President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukraine will only hold elections once it has security guarantees and a ceasefire in place, dismissing reports that he is planning to announce elections on the anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of his country on February 24.
The Ukrainian President commissioned a report from the Financial Times which referred to the planning of elections and a territorial referendum, saying it was in the publication which he had heard "speaking of this for the first time".
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said tonight that Ukraine will hold elections only after a ceasefire and security guarantees are achieved.
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