# Zelensky rejects wartime elections, saying vote would 'split' Ukraine

https://mins.news/en/video/29870

- France 24 English, 2026-08-23 14:49 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOau4l_agl0

> Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says elections held during wartime would threaten the country, after his former defence minister controversially called for preparations for a vote. A Kyiv Institute of Sociology poll conducted this summer found that only 15 percent of respondents want an election now.

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