# Ousted Ukraine defence minister calls for elections during war

https://mins.news/en/item/25792

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-19 05:59 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/19/ukraines-ousted-defence-minister-calls-for-elections-during-war?traffic_source=rss

> Former Ukrainian Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has called for elections despite the wartime ban, saying democracy cannot be held hostage by Russia. He urged the creation of a legal, safe and realistic way to restore the country’s full democratic process, marking the first such demand by a major Ukrainian political figure since the full-scale invasion.

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