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President Zelensky says having elections in Ukraine would 'destroy the country'

President Zelensky says having elections in Ukraine would 'destroy the country'
France 24 Sunday 23 August 2026, 13:07 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. President Zelensky says having elections in Ukraine would 'destroy the country' Europe Issued on: Share In remarks on Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke out against holding war time elections. He believes it would be too dangerous for the country, that would ‘split’ Ukraine. The remarks came after his former defense minister publicly called for a vote. Details and analysis by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Kyiv, Emmanuelle Chaze.
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