Zelenskyy: Holding Elections During the War Would Destroy Ukraine

The Ukrainian president says now is not the time to vote, as political tension grows over government corruption and leadership.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this week that holding an election while the war is still going on would be a huge mistake. He warned that it would 'destroy' Ukraine. Zelenskyy’s comments come after some people in his government suggested it might be time to vote. One of those people was a former government minister, Mykhailo Fedorov. He recently hinted that the country should be looking into government corruption and perhaps move toward elections. Zelenskyy pushed back hard against this idea. He made it clear that he thinks trying to run a national election while fighting a war is too …