# Zelensky rejects wartime elections, saying vote would ‘split’ Ukraine

https://mins.news/en/item/29877

- France 24, 2026-08-23 14:49 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/zelensky-rejects-wartime-elections-saying-vote-would-split-ukraine

> Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says holding elections during the war would threaten the country. His former defence minister had controversially called for steps to enable a vote. A Kyiv Institute of Sociology poll conducted this summer found that only 15 percent of respondents want elections now.

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