Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that holding elections during wartime would put the country at risk, responding to a call made earlier this week by Ukraine's former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who urged that a path be opened toward elections.
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"I believe that in a war like this one, elections in themselves are a huge risk," Zelenskyy told reporters, describing elections as a "tsunami" that "will split" Ukraine.
Zelenskyy also estimated that Russia is planning to mobilise an additional 300,000 troops for its war against Ukraine after the parliamentary elections in September.
Russia may recruit hundreds of thousands more soldiers in 2027 in order to achieve its core objective of capturing the entire Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine.
Source: CNA
