Ukrainian chief responds to US President Trump’s suggestion that he’s utilizing the battle as an excuse to keep away from elections.
Printed On 10 Dec 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has declared that his authorities was ready to carry elections inside three months if america and Kyiv’s different allies can make sure the safety of the voting course of.
Zelenskyy issued his assertion on Tuesday as he confronted renewed strain from US President Donald Trump, who recommended in an interview with a information outlet that the Ukrainian authorities was utilizing Russia’s battle on their nation as an excuse to keep away from elections.
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Wartime elections are forbidden below Ukrainian regulation, and Zelenskyy’s time period in workplace because the nation’s elected president expired final 12 months.
“I’m prepared for elections, and furthermore I ask… that the US assist me, possibly along with European colleagues, to make sure the safety of an election,” Zelenskyy stated in feedback to reporters.
“After which within the subsequent 60-90 days, Ukraine shall be prepared to carry an election,” he stated.
In a Politico information article printed earlier on Tuesday, Trump was quoted as saying: “, they [Ukraine] speak about a democracy, however it will get to some extent the place it’s not a democracy any extra.”
Zelenskyy dismissed the suggestion that he was clinging to energy as “completely insufficient”.
He then stated that he would ask parliament to arrange proposals for brand new laws that might enable for elections throughout martial regulation.
Earlier this 12 months, Ukraine’s parliament overwhelmingly accepted a decision affirming the legitimacy of Zelenskyy’s wartime keep in workplace, asserting the constitutionality of deferring the presidential election whereas the nation fights Russia’s invasion.
In February, Trump additionally accused Zelenskyy of being a “dictator”, echoing claims beforehand made by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Zelenskyy and different officers have routinely dismissed the concept of holding elections whereas frequent Russian air strikes happen throughout the nation, almost 1,000,000 troops are on the entrance and tens of millions extra Ukrainians are displaced. Additionally unsure is the voting standing of these Ukrainians dwelling within the one-fifth of the nation occupied by Russia.
Polls additionally present that Ukrainians are in opposition to holding wartime elections, however additionally they need new faces in a political panorama largely unchanged because the final nationwide elections in 2019.
Ukraine, which is pushing again on a US-backed peace plan seen as Moscow-friendly, can be looking for sturdy safety ensures from its allies that will stop any new Russian invasion sooner or later.
Washington’s peace proposal includes Ukraine surrendering land that Russia has not captured, primarily the whole industrial Donbas area, in return for safety guarantees that fall wanting Kyiv’s aspirations, together with its want to be part of the NATO army alliance.
