Ukraine’s Ousted Defence Minister Calls for Wartime Elections
- On Tuesday, Mykhailo Fedorov called for wartime elections in a YouTube address, marking the biggest internal challenge to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy since 2022.
- The 35-year-old Fedorov was fired in July, just six months after his appointment, an action he believes resulted from his overhaul of defence ministry procurement processes.
- Alleging a "systemic crisis of governance," Fedorov criticized official corruption, stating, "The old system lives by its own rules too often. It is scared of change."
- Arguing that "democracy cannot be held hostage by Russia," Fedorov demanded a "legal, safe and realistic mechanism" to renew Ukraine's democratic process during the long-running war.
- Ukrainian law currently prohibits holding elections during wartime, and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office has provided no immediate comment on Fedorov's public statement.
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Ukraine's recently dismissed Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov demanded on Tuesday evening that the country hold elections despite the ongoing war. "We cannot let Putin decide when Ukrainians can choose their own government," he said.
The popular former Minister of Defense Mikhailo Fedorov, dismissed in July by President Volodymyr Zelensky, called on Tuesday to pave the way for elections in Ukraine despite the Russian invasion, to "restore the democratic process". ...
The former Minister of Defence of Ukraine, Mikhail Fedorov, in his video message, called for a "legal, safe and realistic mechanism" that would enable Ukraine "to revive a fully fledged democratic process even in the context of the ongoing war".
Ukraine: "Democracy Must Not Be Held Hostage by Russia" – Dismissed Defense Minister Urges Elections
With his election appeal during the war, former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov is pushing the boundaries of martial law and putting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy under domestic political pressure.
Ukraine’s ousted defense minister calls for wartime elections in bombshell address
Ukraine’s recently ousted defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov called for wartime elections in a bombshell address on Tuesday evening, stating that the wartime nation faced a crisis of governance, in the biggest internal challenge to President Volodymyr Zelensky since 2022.
Ukraine's recently sacked Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov called for a wartime election today, saying the nation is facing a "systemic crisis of governance", the biggest internal challenge for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky since the start of the 2022 Russian invasion.
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