Zelenskyy says Ukraine ready to hold polls if US, allies ensure security
Al Jazeera
Ukrainian leader responds to US President Trump’s suggestion that he is using the war as an excuse to avoid elections.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has declared that his government was prepared to hold elections within three months if the United States and Kyiv’s other allies can ensure the security of the voting process.
Zelenskyy issued his statement on Tuesday as he faced renewed pressure from US President Donald Trump, who suggested in an interview with a news outlet that the Ukrainian government was using Russia’s war on their country as an excuse to avoid elections.
Wartime elections are forbidden under Ukrainian law, and Zelenskyy’s term in office as the country’s elected president expired last year.
“I’m ready for elections, and moreover I ask… that the US help me, maybe together with European colleagues, to ensure the security of an election,” Zelenskyy said in comments to reporters.
“And then in the next 60-90 days, Ukraine will be ready to hold an election,” he said.
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