Zelenskyy: Kyiv Has Proposed a Winter Ceasefire to Washington; If Russia Agrees, Ukraine Could Hold Elections and Could Consider Online Voting
KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview on Germany's ZDF program Magazin Royale, aired November 6, that Ukraine had proposed to the Americans that Washington reach agreement with Russia on a ceasefire for the winter period, during which people would have electricity and water and Ukraine would also be able to hold elections.
Zelenskyy said the authorities could consider holding the elections online, but that the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, would have to find and work out a legal solution to make that possible. He said holding elections while soldiers cannot vote would be unfair, and warned that an election could deepen political divisions during the war. He also said some figures in Washington wanted him replaced, but insisted any election must give Ukrainians a genuine opportunity to vote.
On Russia's position, Zelenskyy said in the interview that Putin did not want to end the war and did not accept a ceasefire. Ukraine has suspended elections since martial law was imposed after Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022; Zelenskyy's five-year presidential term reached its scheduled end in 2024 and he has continued in office under the law. Both Washington and Moscow have pressed Kyiv in recent months over holding elections.
(Source: ZDF)
Source: ZDF
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