Zelenskyy contemplates holding spring presidential elections – Foreign Minister

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that Volodymyr Zelenskyy is weighing all the pros and cons of holding presidential elections in the spring of 2024.

Source: SkyNews with reference to Kuleba at a briefing

Quote from Kuleba: "We are not closing this page. The president of Ukraine is considering and weighing the different pros and cons."

Details: He added that holding elections during a war with Russia would lead to "unprecedented" challenges.

Background:

• In August, the Ukrainian president stated in an interview that the elections in 2024 require legislative changes, significant funds from partners and international observers in the trenches.
• He also stated that he would run for president again if wartime elections were held in 2024.
• Also, according to Zelenskyy, the biggest challenges for elections during the war are security issues regarding the presence of observers, voting by the military, residents of the temporarily occupied territories and Ukrainians abroad, and campaign financing.

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