# Ex-Defense Minister Fedorov challenges Zelenskyy with calls for elections

https://mins.news/en/video/30007

- DW News, 2026-08-23 19:22 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-2TRcv1tcc

> Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has flatly rejected calls from popular former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov for wartime elections. Zelenskyy likened holding a vote during the war with Russia to a “tsunami” that could split Ukraine apart. Elections are legally suspended under martial law.

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