Skip to main content
GCGlobalsConflicts
EN DE

Developing story

Zelensky rejects wartime elections, saying vote would 'split' Ukraine

Developing story from 4 sources and 6 reports — each one briefly quoted and linked.

Source published: 23 Aug 2026, 16:49 CEST Publication time from the source RSS/feed

Ukraine/Russia · Multiple sources

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 election to be held at this time. Details by Eliza Herbert.

Time span
23 Aug 2026, 11:24 CEST → 23 Aug 2026, 16:49 CEST
Sources
4 sources
Reports
6
Trust
strong · multi-source

Timeline

Franceinfo - Titres

"Je pense que dans une guerre comme celle-ci, des élections en tant que telles sont un risque énorme", a affirmé le président ukrainien, appelé par son ex-ministre de la Défense à ouvrir la voie à la tenue d'un scrutin. — not translated (source in a different language).

Google News: NBC News

Wartime election would ‘destroy’ Ukraine, Zelenskyy says

The Guardian - World

President sharply criticises proposal, saying ‘elections right now are a tsunami for the state that will split Ukraine’ Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said holding elections in Ukraine during wartime would risk splitting the country at a time when Russia is amassing ballistic missiles and considering whether to mobilise an ex...

France 24 - English

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said in remarks made public Sunday that wartime elections would be a "tsunami" that would "destroy the country". Kyiv has been engulfed in a political crisis over the summer, triggered when Zelensky fired popular defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who days later called to organise...

France 24 - English

In remarks on Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke out against holding war time elections. He believes it would be too dangerous for the country, that would ‘split’ Ukraine. The remarks came after his former defense minister publicly called for a vote. Details and analysis by FRANCE 24 correspondent in ...

France 24 - English

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 1...

Editorial boundary

Each line briefly quotes its own original source and links to it. Full text is not copied.