On Zelenskyy’s head: Trump’s new demand from Ukraine

The US is expected to demand that Ukraine have elections for president and parliament by the end of 2025, in an interview with Reuters Keith Kellog, the special US President Trump’s special courier in Ukraine. “Most democratic countries have elections even during war,” he made it clear. “I think it’s important that they do it too. It’s good for democracy – that’s what’s beautiful in strong democracies.” 

U.S. sources have made it clear that the new Trump administration has not yet officially requested that Mukhnski have elected elections, but Kelloga said the US was interested in “especially if Ukraine is expected to go to the war with the war with Russia.” In Kiev and the West, criticized this step, saying he would hurt Ukraine and play Putin’s hands. According to the law in Ukraine, elections will not be possible as long as a military regime, such as the one declared after the Russian invasion in February 2022.

Even today, weeks after the Trump administration’s work and months after winning the election, there is still no clear horizon to end the war in Ukraine, which is approaching her fourth, and despite Trump promised to finish it especially early. At this point, it is unclear whether the agreement expected to be cut will only be a temporary ceasefire, or a comprehensive step for a long-term ending of fighting.

Zalansky recently said Ukraine could make elections after the war was over, provided that solid security guarantees were presented for her to prevent another Russian invasion in the future. Zalansky’s term was supposed to end during 2024, but it continues to serve indefinitely as long as the war continues. The Biden Government discusses Ukraine on the question of the election both in 2023 and in 2024

In Ukraine, there have been an explanation for the Biden administration for the past two years that there is now an election in Ukraine will split the country and leadership precisely at its most difficult time, and will also open an opening for the performance and foreign culture of Russia, which will try to promote a pro-Russian opposition candidate on its behalf. Western officials explained that Russia’s significant interest is that Ukraine will indeed hold elections, as early as possible – with a main goal to remove Zalansky, who is considered one of the most severe opponents to Putin and his regime, and presents tough conditions and attitudes to the end of the war.

It will be “very dangerous” if Trump and Putin discussed the ways to end the war in Ukraine – without Ukraine, Salnsky said in an interview with the AP news agency this weekend. Trump said this weekend that he was expected to organize a meeting soon with Putin. A few days ago, Kremlin made it clear that even now, a signal has not yet been received from a possible meeting between Putin and Trump.

Putin reiterated publicly that he did not see Ballansky as the legal and legitimate leader of Ukraine, due to the fact that his priesthood was expired and Ukraine did not have new elections, and in fact, for him he was a legitimate leader. In Ukraine, Putin’s rhetoric is intended to appeal in advance of any agreement to be signed, and allow him to maneuver to violate future agreements through this excuse, if he chooses. “He has a tin for us,” a source told Reuters.