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Kyiv, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday he doesn’t believe it is the right time for elections as debate intensifies on holding a vote in 2024 while the country fights against Russia’s invasion.
He said it was a time for the country to be united, not divided, adding: “I believe that now is not the time for elections.” But Zelensky has fiercely denied that Ukraine’s counter-offensive has hit a stalemate, or that Western countries were leaning on Kyiv to enter talks. The president, who was elected in 2019, said in September that he was ready to hold national elections next year if necessary, and was in favour of allowing international observers.
Former presidential aide Oleksiy Arestovych has announced that he would run against his former boss, after criticising Zelensky over the slow pace of the counter-offensive.Russian strikes overnight in the southern Ukrainian region of Odesa left eight people wounded and damaged a historic art museum, Ukrainian officials said, in the latest barrage of drones and missiles.
Ukrainian prosecutors said Monday they had formally notified two senior defence officials that they are suspects in a large-scale fraud case involving the purchase of military uniforms.
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