Posted on 02/19/2025 8:10:49 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
There are concerns that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could be ousted from office after President Donald Trump said that Kyiv should hold elections, according to British newspaper The Telegraph.
Newsweek has reached out to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for comment via email.
Why It Matters
Zelensky was made Time Magazine's person of the year in 2022 for his "success as a wartime leader" and has been lauded as the face of Ukrainian resistance to Russia's invasion. His exit from office could drastically change the outcome of the war and the achievement of security guarantees for Ukraine.
Ukraine hosting an election also raises the concern that Russia could interfere in the poll and install a pro-Kremlin leader who would be more amenable to Moscow's terms to end the war.
What To Know
Trump called for a Ukrainian ballot after American and Russian officials met for talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday and agreed that elections in Ukraine need to be held before a peace deal can be negotiated. Kyiv was not represented at the summit and Zelensky has said his country would not accept any agreements reached without its direct participation.
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he’s toast
that doesn't go down well with a big chunk of the population
What if the election ends up with somebody more hard-line than Zelensky? What then? Nobody is going to be elected president of Ukraine by promising to end the war and instituting the negotiated terms that Putin and Trump called for.
Hee hee!!!
LOVE it!
Z is SO popular .... he’d win in a heartbeat!
Right???
Right, Zeepers?????
Maybe Trump has someone like that in mind. I think Trump is just trying to butter up the Russians to get them to the negotiating table.
Best friend, or worst enemy....Their choice!
Probably needs to happen.
Here ya go, hold Trump’s Beer.
Well if he already got his MILLIONS from the US and has his MANSIONS in Switzerland to join his mother in law I guess it is someone else’s turn to FLEECE Americans.
Yes he did, not good when a JEW closes CHRISTIAN churches!
So sad.
Regardless of if one loves Russia or hates Russia, sensible people everywhere predicted that Russia would destroy Ukraine if NATO advanced in Ukraine - AND they also predicted that there was NO WAY NATO and their Ukraine Allies (puppets) to win in the long run.
And here we are. 1 million dead Ukrainians, 15 million permanently gone, Ukraine in ruins - and NATO humiliated.
Neocons in the USA at least are out of power - but those who caused and promoted this war in London, Brussels and Paris still must face justice.
There will need to be a cease fire before any elections for at least a brief campaign season, so that people can get to the polls without being bombed, and election officials be put in place to supervise.
I would envision that Ukraine could become a neutral country as Austria after WW2.Hopefully US could get full accounting of money spent and mineral rights as part of compensation.
I don’t think Zelensky will be there. Maybe be he has a place in Cyprus.
Zelensky isn't going to even get an offer to be governor.
He started going to Trumps enemies in the media to complain. I’m not sure who advised him to do that.
He sort of campaigned for Harris.
That’s not what Trump is doing at all. At best you could say Trump is pressuring Zelensky to take the deal that Bessent brought to him which is a pre requisite for Trump to continue support for Ukraine. Part of this is Zelensky calling Trump out in the media over the last few days. Getting way too cute.
“Could be ousted!”
The guy is a disaster.
He has a 4% approval rating and that’s non democratic. They are not a democracy
He was disinvited to his own cease fire talks.
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