Fedorov Challenges Zelenskyy: Wartime Elections Call Stuns Kyiv
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Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has publicly called for holding national elections during wartime, marking the most significant political challenge to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy since the full-scale Russian invasion began. The demand, reported by DW, breaks with the government's current position that voting is impossible under martial law. Fedorov's statement signals a rare public fracture in Ukraine's wartime leadership, as the country continues to face heavy fighting along the eastern front.