# Why is a former Zelenskyy loyalist calling for wartime elections in Ukraine?

https://mins.news/en/video/26263

- DW News, 2026-08-19 14:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnasBd52vVc

> Popular former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov’s call for elections during wartime is being viewed as a direct challenge to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy dismissed Fedorov last month amid a power struggle with the then Army chief. Ukraine cannot legally hold elections under martial law, so Zelenskyy’s presidential tenure has been extended.

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