Brief election news
key electoral events
439 days back
Volodymyr Zelensky: It is not enough to simply hold elections. They should not allow me to participate. And that will be a little more difficult. Because they still need to negotiate with me
446 days back
Volodymyr Zelensky: I am a legally elected president. 73% voted for me. There will be elections after the end of martial law. I am ready to leave if this guarantees peace for Ukraine. Or change the post to NATO, I do not intend to be in power for decades
446 days back
Volodymyr Zelensky: 4% of Ukrainians who support me is a signal spread by Russians. That is why I am talking about direct dialogue with me and Trump. 4% and today's real 65% trust figures are a serious difference
448 days back
Verkhovna Rada Speaker Stefanchuk: Ukraine is not giving up democracy. But elections are possible only after the end of martial law. This is a direct norm of Ukrainian law. Composing democracy under fire is not democracy, but a performance in which the main beneficiary sits in the Kremlin
450 days back
Donald Trump: I'm going to resurrect the rare earths deal, we'll see what happens, but I'm going to resurrect it, otherwise Zelensky won't be too happy. And look, it's election time. We need to bring this guy back to reality.
450 days back
Donald Trump: Zelensky refuses to hold elections. His rating in real Ukrainian polls is low. How can you be popular when every city is being destroyed? It's hard to be popular. Someone said, "Oh, no, his ratings are good." Come on.
450 days back
UK Government: PM Starmer has expressed support for President Zelensky as the democratically elected leader of Ukraine and said it was entirely reasonable to suspend elections in wartime, as the UK did during World War II
450 days back
Elon Musk: "Zelensky cannot claim to represent the will of the Ukrainian people until he restores press freedom and stops canceling elections"
451 days back
Elon Musk: If Zelensky has 57% then he should be excited about holding an elections if he is so popular
451 days back
Donald Trump: Zelensky refuses to hold elections, his ratings in Ukrainian polls are very low, and the only thing he has succeeded in is "playing" Biden like a violin. A dictator without elections, Zelensky better hurry, otherwise he will have no country left
451 days back
Zelensky: All the possibilities of social surveys on platforms in the next 2 weeks, for me it is important to show trust in the President of Ukraine, President Trump, Tusk, the Briton, Erdogan. I will definitely publish these figures in order to break the circle of disinformation around Trump
451 days back
Volodymyr Zelensky: "Today, a KIIS poll came out with 57% trust in me. I heard more than 57% in different polls. So if someone wants to change me right now, it won't work. Since we are already talking about 4%, we have seen this disinformation, we understand that it comes from Russia"
451 days back
Donald Trump: Ukraine is under martial law all the time and the leader of this country in approval rating has already fallen to 4%. I think that here the Ukrainian people will decide that there have been no elections for a long time. It is not Russia that tells Ukraine that elections are needed, this is an objective situation
452 days back
The US and Russia consider elections in Ukraine a key condition for the success of the settlement process. At the same time, Trump and Putin "consider the chances of re-election of the current Ukrainian president to be low" - Fox News journalist Jackie Heinrich, citing sources in diplomatic circles
452 days back
The US and Russia are discussing a plan in Saudi Arabia under which a ceasefire would first be established in Ukraine, then elections would be held, and only then a peace agreement would be signed - Fox News producer Nana Sajaia, citing sources
454 days back
Petro Poroshenko: The dream of the authorities is to hold all elections simultaneously. But the Americans do not allow this to happen. And now they are preparing everything in such a way as to leave without opponents. And to crawl back into power, destroying democracy, freedom, transparency of elections. Because they are afraid to leave power
454 days back
Petro Poroshenko: I think the elections will be at the end of the year. According to the Constitution, there will be parliamentary elections at the end of the year. Although they should have been two years ago. And at the end of October we should have local elections.
454 days back
Poroshenko: Elections in Ukraine will be held on October 26, 2025. We know this from our sources in law enforcement agencies, in the printing plant "Ukraine", which is already processing the number of ballots. According to sources in the Central Election Commission, which is starting to make changes to the voter register
454 days back
Trump spokesman Keith Kellogg: The question about the elections in Ukraine should not be asked to me, it should be asked to the people of Ukraine, to the leadership of the country, to the Verkhovna Rada. Many people may have an opinion on this matter, but it is not someone else's decision, it is your decision
454 days back
Volodymyr Zelensky: "Nobody is raising the issue of elections. Only Putin is raising it, and sometimes there are votes from the US. But nobody is raising it at a high level. Everyone understands our law, that this is a violation of the law, and most importantly, there are no opportunities"
454 days back
Volodymyr Zelensky: We need unity during war. If someone doesn't like the lack of elections in Ukraine, they can choose another citizenship
457 days back
Donald Trump: Zelensky will have to do what he has to do, but his ratings are not very high, to say the least. He will not be excluded from the negotiating process "as long as he is there," but at some point there will need to be elections
457 days back
US President Donald Trump: Ceasefire in Ukraine possible 'in the not too distant future', country to hold new elections 'at some point'
457 days back
Volodymyr Zelensky: If the hot phase of the war ends, then martial law will probably end too. I don't know, I think. If there is no martial law, then the parliament should hold elections. Announce the date, etc. and take legislative steps
459 days back
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko: Conflict could end in a “painful compromise” in one or two months, followed by elections with a “fight to the death”
439 days back
Volodymyr Zelensky: It is not enough to simply hold elections. They should not allow me to participate. And that will be a little more difficult. Because they still need to negotiate with me
446 days back
Volodymyr Zelensky: I am a legally elected president. 73% voted for me. There will be elections after the end of martial law. I am ready to leave if this guarantees peace for Ukraine. Or change the post to NATO, I do not intend to be in power for decades
446 days back
Volodymyr Zelensky: 4% of Ukrainians who support me is a signal spread by Russians. That is why I am talking about direct dialogue with me and Trump. 4% and today's real 65% trust figures are a serious difference
448 days back
Verkhovna Rada Speaker Stefanchuk: Ukraine is not giving up democracy. But elections are possible only after the end of martial law. This is a direct norm of Ukrainian law. Composing democracy under fire is not democracy, but a performance in which the main beneficiary sits in the Kremlin
450 days back
Donald Trump: I'm going to resurrect the rare earths deal, we'll see what happens, but I'm going to resurrect it, otherwise Zelensky won't be too happy. And look, it's election time. We need to bring this guy back to reality.
450 days back
Donald Trump: Zelensky refuses to hold elections. His rating in real Ukrainian polls is low. How can you be popular when every city is being destroyed? It's hard to be popular. Someone said, "Oh, no, his ratings are good." Come on.
450 days back
UK Government: PM Starmer has expressed support for President Zelensky as the democratically elected leader of Ukraine and said it was entirely reasonable to suspend elections in wartime, as the UK did during World War II
450 days back
Elon Musk: "Zelensky cannot claim to represent the will of the Ukrainian people until he restores press freedom and stops canceling elections"
451 days back
Elon Musk: If Zelensky has 57% then he should be excited about holding an elections if he is so popular
451 days back
Donald Trump: Zelensky refuses to hold elections, his ratings in Ukrainian polls are very low, and the only thing he has succeeded in is "playing" Biden like a violin. A dictator without elections, Zelensky better hurry, otherwise he will have no country left
451 days back
Zelensky: All the possibilities of social surveys on platforms in the next 2 weeks, for me it is important to show trust in the President of Ukraine, President Trump, Tusk, the Briton, Erdogan. I will definitely publish these figures in order to break the circle of disinformation around Trump
451 days back
Volodymyr Zelensky: "Today, a KIIS poll came out with 57% trust in me. I heard more than 57% in different polls. So if someone wants to change me right now, it won't work. Since we are already talking about 4%, we have seen this disinformation, we understand that it comes from Russia"
451 days back
Donald Trump: Ukraine is under martial law all the time and the leader of this country in approval rating has already fallen to 4%. I think that here the Ukrainian people will decide that there have been no elections for a long time. It is not Russia that tells Ukraine that elections are needed, this is an objective situation
452 days back
The US and Russia consider elections in Ukraine a key condition for the success of the settlement process. At the same time, Trump and Putin "consider the chances of re-election of the current Ukrainian president to be low" - Fox News journalist Jackie Heinrich, citing sources in diplomatic circles
452 days back
The US and Russia are discussing a plan in Saudi Arabia under which a ceasefire would first be established in Ukraine, then elections would be held, and only then a peace agreement would be signed - Fox News producer Nana Sajaia, citing sources
454 days back
Petro Poroshenko: The dream of the authorities is to hold all elections simultaneously. But the Americans do not allow this to happen. And now they are preparing everything in such a way as to leave without opponents. And to crawl back into power, destroying democracy, freedom, transparency of elections. Because they are afraid to leave power
454 days back
Petro Poroshenko: I think the elections will be at the end of the year. According to the Constitution, there will be parliamentary elections at the end of the year. Although they should have been two years ago. And at the end of October we should have local elections.
454 days back
Poroshenko: Elections in Ukraine will be held on October 26, 2025. We know this from our sources in law enforcement agencies, in the printing plant "Ukraine", which is already processing the number of ballots. According to sources in the Central Election Commission, which is starting to make changes to the voter register
454 days back
Trump spokesman Keith Kellogg: The question about the elections in Ukraine should not be asked to me, it should be asked to the people of Ukraine, to the leadership of the country, to the Verkhovna Rada. Many people may have an opinion on this matter, but it is not someone else's decision, it is your decision
454 days back
Volodymyr Zelensky: "Nobody is raising the issue of elections. Only Putin is raising it, and sometimes there are votes from the US. But nobody is raising it at a high level. Everyone understands our law, that this is a violation of the law, and most importantly, there are no opportunities"
454 days back
Volodymyr Zelensky: We need unity during war. If someone doesn't like the lack of elections in Ukraine, they can choose another citizenship
457 days back
Donald Trump: Zelensky will have to do what he has to do, but his ratings are not very high, to say the least. He will not be excluded from the negotiating process "as long as he is there," but at some point there will need to be elections
457 days back
US President Donald Trump: Ceasefire in Ukraine possible 'in the not too distant future', country to hold new elections 'at some point'
457 days back
Volodymyr Zelensky: If the hot phase of the war ends, then martial law will probably end too. I don't know, I think. If there is no martial law, then the parliament should hold elections. Announce the date, etc. and take legislative steps
459 days back
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko: Conflict could end in a “painful compromise” in one or two months, followed by elections with a “fight to the death”
