President Donald Trump wants Ukraine to hold new elections by the end of this year, according to his special envoy for Ukraine and Russia-related affairs.
Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg said in an interview with Reuters that Ukraine needs to resume its regular presidential and parliamentary elections.
Ukraine’s current president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, won a five-year presidential term in 2019. Under normal circumstances, Zelenskyy would’ve been up for reelection last year, but Ukrainian law doesn’t allow elections during a state of martial law.
Ukraine initiated martial law in 2022 after Russian forces launched a full-scale military invasion of the country….