Ukraine is ready to hold elections in the next 60 to 90 days if its allies can guarantee security for the vote, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday, following criticism from his American counterpart Donald Trump.
“I am ready for the elections,” Zelensky told reporters from his plane as he left Italy following meetings with the Italian prime minister and Pope Leo.
“Not only that, I am asking – and I am now declaring this openly – the United States of America to help me, together with our European colleagues, to ensure security for the elections,” he added.
His comments come after an interview in which the US president told Politico he believed the Ukrainian leadership was using war as an excuse “not to hold an election” and that it was time for the country to go to the polls.
“They talk about a democracy, but it gets to a point where it’s not a democracy anymore,” Trump told Politico.
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