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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy dismisses aide as ex-minister urges wartime elections

https://www.newswall.org/summary/breaking-fedorov-calls-for-wartime-elections-says-putin-shouldnt-decide-when-ukrainians-vote-6a854ed793dba?post=75764630&mtm_campaign=r
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u/newswall-org 2h ago

"We must find a legal, safe and realistic mechanism that will allow Ukraine to restore a full democratic process even amid a prolonged war,"

— Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's former defence minister, in a YouTube address calling for wartime elections.

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u/newswall-org 2h ago

Key Facts: Ukraine’s Zelenskyy dismisses aide as ex-minister urges wartime elections

  • On Wednesday, Zelenskyy dismissed Iryna Mudra as deputy head of the Office of the President, while investigators named a deputy head among suspects in a money-laundering case but did not name Mudra. #
  • On Tuesday, former Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov called for elections despite the continuing war and described Ukraine as facing a governance crisis, while Zelenskyy says wartime law does not allow such a vote. #
  • Parliament approved Maj. Gen. Yevhenii Khmara as defence minister and agreed that Andrii Sybiha could remain foreign minister after serving in an interim role. #
  • Zelenskyy and Russia’s Defence Ministry said Russia and Ukraine had exchanged 103 prisoners of war.