According to the agency's reports, the possibility of carrying out was discussed last week during talks between negotiators from the United States and Ukraine a referendum on peace simultaneously with the presidential elections. The considered date for these events is May.
The announcement of the elections itself will take place February 24, the fourth anniversary of the beginning of the Russian invasion.
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Volodymyr Zelensky against the wall
The Financial Times points out that the US president Donald Trump allegedly threatened Volodymyr Zelensky with withdrawing American security guarantees for Ukraineif elections and referendum are not organized by May 15.
“Holding elections would mark a dramatic political turn for the president, who has repeatedly argued that such a vote is impossible while the country remains under martial law, millions of Ukrainians are displaced, and approximately 20 percent of the country's territory is under Russian occupation,” we read in the Financial Times.
Last week, Zelensky told journalists that the US authorities propose ending the war between Ukraine and Russia at the beginning of the summer. He also indicated that the United States may put pressure on Kiev to implement this plan within the agreed deadline.
— They say they want to finish everything by June. And that they will do everything to end the war. They want a clear timeline for all activities – said the president of Ukraine.
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Zelensky explained that the dates proposed by the US result from internal American politics, including the upcoming mid-term presidential elections, which will take place in November.
