PEACE WON THROUGH WAR
A peace plan being promoted by the US would require a presidential election in Ukraine, alongside territorial concessions. Zelenskyy, whose term has already expired, is under renewed pressure from Trump to hold a vote as Washington pushes Kyiv towards a peace deal.
Ukrainian law bars wartime elections, but Zelenskyy has said Ukraine would be ready to hold democratic elections if the US secured a two-month ceasefire to allow time to prepare infrastructure and put security guarantees in place.
Ukraine’s former top general, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, now ambassador to Britain and seen as a potential presidential candidate, said Ukraine did not need a pause in fighting to vote.
“What Ukraine needs is not time to prepare for and hold elections, but a peace won through war, which will secure a future for our children,” he wrote in an article published on Sunday by Ukrainian outlet NV.
