# What’s behind domestic political pressure on Ukraine’s president?

https://mins.news/en/item/30985

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-24 20:54 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/inside-story/2026/8/24/whats-behind-domestic-political-pressure-on-ukraines-president?traffic_source=rss

> As international leaders visit Ukraine for its Independence Day, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejects a sacked minister’s call for wartime elections. Domestic pressure is growing amid new corruption investigations involving senior officials and intensifying Russian and Ukrainian attacks.

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