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In remarks on Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke out against holding war time elections. He believes it would be too dangerous for the country, that would ‘split’ Ukraine. The remarks came after his former defense minister publicly called for a vote. Details and analysis by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Kyiv, Emmanuelle Chaze.
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In remarks on Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke out against holding war time elections. He believes it would be too dangerous for the country, that would ‘split’ Ukraine. The remarks came after his former defense minister publicly called for a vote. Details and analysis by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Kyiv, Emmanuelle Chaze.
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said in remarks made public Sunday that wartime elections would be a "tsunami" that would "destroy the country". Kyiv has been engulfed in a political crisis over the summer, triggered when Zelensky fired popular defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who days later called to organise a vote.
Read this reportThe embattled Ukrainian president slams Mykhailo Fedorov's idea as a 'tsunami' that would 'split' the country.
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President sharply criticises proposal, saying ‘elections right now are a tsunami for the state that will split Ukraine’ Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said holding elections in Ukraine during wartime would risk splitting the country at a time when Russia is amassing ballistic missiles and considering whether to mobilise an extra 300,000 soldiers. The Ukrainian president, responding for the first time to a demand made by the sacked former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, sharply criticised an idea that he said was impractical given Russia appeared to have no interest in a ceasefire. Continue read...
Read this reportKYIV, Aug 23 - Holding a wartime election in Ukraine while active fighting with Russia continues would \"destroy\" the country by splitting Ukrainians, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.
Read this reportThe Ukrainian president says wartime elections, as called for by the ex-defense minister, could "split Ukraine." He also said Russia was planning to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops after September polls there.
Read this reportUkraine has suspended elections under martial law, a measure widely supported by the population.
Read this reportAfter Ukraine's fired defense minister publicly called for wartime elections, Zelenskyy said it would risk splitting the country.
Read this reportLast week, former Ukrainian defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov released a video in which he spoke of corruption, a crisis of leadership and elections. His explosive remarks have sparked widespread public debate.
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AIPROPX has consolidated 10 reports from 6 outlets into a single canonical entry on “President Zelensky says having elections in Ukraine would 'destroy the country.” The covered outlets are based across 5 regions — Europe, UK, Other, Middle East, and US.
The earliest report in this entry came from Deutsche Welle (Aug 23, 2026, 05:46 UTC); the most recent came from France 24 (Aug 23, 2026, 13:07 UTC).
Comparing the wording across sources, 10 named entities are referenced by multiple outlets and the phrase recurring most across the coverage is “wartime elections”.
8 statements are carried by only one outlet within this set and are not echoed by the others.
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