{"id":95475,"date":"2026-08-23T09:03:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T09:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/zelenskyy-rejects-wartime-elections-citing-huge-risk-and-split-for-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T09:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T09:03:55","slug":"zelenskyy-rejects-wartime-elections-citing-huge-risk-and-split-for-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/zelenskyy-rejects-wartime-elections-citing-huge-risk-and-split-for-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy rejects wartime elections citing &#8220;huge risk&#8221; and &#8220;split&#8221; for Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected the idea of holding elections during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/ukraine-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">the war<\/a> with Russia, four days after the former defense minister publicly called for them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe that in a war like this, elections as such are a huge risk. Elections right now are a tsunami for the country that will split Ukraine,&#8221; Zelenskyy said in remarks made public Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s former defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who was fired last month, posted a video Tuesday where he called for the country to be given a chance to go to the polls.<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QGFTuUxZB54\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a>, Fedorov said &#8220;democracy cannot be held hostage by Russia,&#8221; and called for a &#8220;legal, safe and realistic mechanism that will allow Ukraine to restore a full democratic process even amidst a prolonged war.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are fighting precisely because we want to remain a free European state,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/16\/bfdddc54-757b-4460-a769-ec1eb13679b1\/thumbnail\/620x349\/aed63726feaa53b489df0e9aa89880b1\/1786845902178.png#\" alt=\"Mykhailo Fedorov former Ukrainian defense minister \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/16\/bfdddc54-757b-4460-a769-ec1eb13679b1\/thumbnail\/620x349\/aed63726feaa53b489df0e9aa89880b1\/1786845902178.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Former Ukrainian defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov speaks to CBS News. August 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The move was widely seen as the largest challenge to Zelenskyy&#8217;s power since the start of the conflict, but the ousted minister did not reveal whether he had any political ambitions for himself. The president imposed martial law, which prohibits elections from being held, when Russian forces invaded the country in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In an interviewed aired Sunday by the BBC, which is CBS News&#8217; international partner, Fedorov said the Ukrainian president had &#8220;questions to answer&#8221; about alleged corruption in his government, citing a money laundering investigation announced last week. 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