Under Ukraine’s constitution, holding national elections while the country is under martial law is illegal. That was declared on 24 February 2022, the day Russia launched its full-scale invasion.
Ukraine will only hold elections once it has security guarantees in place and a ceasefire with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday, pushing back at suggestions he was planning to stage fresh ballots under US pressure.
“We will move to elections when all the relevant security guarantees are in place. I have always said that the issue of elections is raised by various partners. Ukraine itself has never raised it,” Zelenskyy said in a WhatsApp chat with journalists on Wednesday.
normally, americans would see canceling elections as “authoritarians” but it’s clearly okay if europeans do it. lol
Good old Hindenburg school
