# Why is Ukraine’s ex-defence minister calling for wartime elections?

https://mins.news/en/item/26476

- BBC News, 2026-08-19 15:38 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c62eyn5ggnzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Former Ukrainian defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov has urged elections during the war, a move seen as a major challenge to President Volodymyr Zelensky. Elections have been suspended under martial law since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. Fedorov has not explained how free and fair voting could take place during the war or said whether he would run against Zelensky.

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