Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky said he is not staying in power. He announced this in the broadcast of the All Ukraine telethon.
“I don’t want to imagine that we’re going to live without a choice for three, five, seven years. I don’t want the power attitude he has. I’m not holding on to anything. “I want elections to be held,” he said.
27 August Zelensky allowedIf Western countries provide financing, it is possible to hold elections in the country before the end of hostilities. He stated that “observers must be in the trenches” “to take risks together”. Also, according to him, $5 billion should be spent on holding elections in peacetime if Western countries are ready to provide funding.
Prior to this, the head of the Ukrainian presidential party “Servant of the People” Olena Shulyak said that the elections in Ukraine can pass only after the end of hostilities. Shulyak also noted that lawmakers are currently drafting legislative changes that will affect the holding of the first “post-war elections”. He did not specify what the innovations would be.
Earlier Gallup Poll showedZelensky’s popularity in the United States surpassed Trump and Biden.