Posted on 02/04/2025 3:26:19 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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Serhiy Dubovik, deputy head of Ukraine's Central Election Commission, said it would take at least four to six months to prepare so that campaigning could start ahead of an election, given the displacement of voters and widespread destruction.
Millions of Ukrainians still live abroad, millions more are internally displaced by the war, a fifth of Ukraine is occupied and front-line areas have been devastated.
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Zelenskyy's public trust rating is above 50%, according to opinion polls, although it has dropped since Russia's Feb. 24, 2022 invasion, when it rose to over 90% as Ukrainians rallied around the flag.
The elephant in the room for some observers is Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, who led the armed forces for two years after that invasion before being replaced and named ambassador to London.
Some lawmakers have asked whether Zaluzhnyi could be co-opted by an established political force and run for president.
Ukraine's London embassy did not respond to a written request for comment.
Zaluzhnyi has publicly voiced no political ambition but polls suggest he is popular. Zaluzhnyi's image is all over bookstores in Kyiv, where thousands of copies of his new book "My War" have been sold.
(Excerpt) Read more at japantimes.co.jp ...
Of course general meme 🍈 did not comprehend what is said
A freeze would mean vast amounts of “annexed” lands would remain in the control of Ukraine. Not to mention Kursk.
No “peace” agreement is giving those Ukrainian lands to him, so another failure by dear leader
Curious to see how Kursk works out, maybe an annexation vote, free and fair like Russia’s😎
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