Fedorov says Zelensky avoided wartime elections over Zaluzhnyi threat

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Former Ukrainian Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said President Volodymyr Zelensky had been ready to hold elections during the war but backed off the idea because former commander-in-chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi might have run against him, a claim touching on sensitive questions about Ukraine's wartime political leadership.

Sources:Ukrainska Pravda (EN)

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Zelenskyy was ready to hold elections but backed off because Zaluzhnyi might run, says ex-defence minister Fedorov Ukrainska Pravda (EN)