# The campaign to replace Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky

https://mins.news/en/video/30819

- BBC News, 2026-08-24 17:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc6FiO1HaZA

> Former Ukrainian defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov’s call last week for wartime elections is widely viewed as the strongest challenge to Volodymyr Zelensky’s presidency since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. Zelensky’s five-year term ended in May 2024, but elections have been suspended until the war ends, amid pressure from Washington and Moscow.

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