Ukraine will only hold elections once it has security guarantees in place and a ceasefire with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on February 11th on X on Wednesday, February 11th.
“We will move to elections when all the necessary security guarantees are in place,” Zelensky stated. “I have said it’s very simple to do: establish a ceasefire, and there will be elections,” he added.
The Financial Times reported earlier that Ukraine was mulling the possibility of holding a presidential election within the next three months, after facing pressure from Washington. The report also suggested the election announcement could be made as early as February 24th, the fourth anniversary of the start of the war.
Zelensky reacted by declaring that this would be “an utterly stupid idea to use such a date to talk about politics.”
He also wrote that Washington proposed holding another round of talks on ending the war next week, to which Ukraine agreed. But, according to Zelensky, “Russia is hesitating” and has not yet responded to the offer.
Ukraine recently signalled willingness for a speedy vote as part of a U.S. plan to end the war.
