# Ukraine’s ousted defense minister calls for wartime elections in bombshell address

https://mins.news/en/item/25587

- CNN, 2026-08-19 00:01 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/18/europe/ukraine-ousted-defense-minister-fedorov-elections-latam-intl?Date=20260819&Profile=CNN

> Ukraine’s recently ousted defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, called for wartime elections in a bombshell address Tuesday evening, saying the nation at war was facing a crisis of governance.

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