# Former Ukrainian Defense Minister’s call for wartime elections sparks backlash

https://mins.news/en/item/33524

- Meduza, 2026-08-26 19:40 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/08/26/ukrainians-marched-for-a-month-to-get-mykhailo-fedorov-his-job-back-as-defense-minister-then-he-released-a-video-calling-for-elections-and-the-crowds-stopped-coming

> Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov argued in a video address that Ukraine should find a way to hold elections despite the war, while criticizing corruption and a systemic governance crisis in Volodymyr Zelensky’s team. Many Ukrainians, including his supporters, condemned the intervention as a political misstep after more than a month of protests seeking his reinstatement.

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