US President Donald Trump claims that it is not russia that tells Ukraine to hold elections, it is an allegedly "objective" situation, UNN reports.
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In this situation, when martial law is always in force in Ukraine and the leader of this country has already dropped to 4% in popularity... I think that if we sit down at the table, the Ukrainian people will already decide that there have been no elections for a long time. It is not russia that tells Ukraine that it needs elections, it is an objective situation...
However, Trump did not explain where the sociological data came from.
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According to a poll by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, Zelenskyy's approval rating in December was 52%.
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Fox News White House correspondent Jackie Heinrich, citing diplomatic sources close to the talks, said that the US and russian delegations agreed on a three-stage peace plan to end the war in Ukraine during talks in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
According to the journalist, the plan provides for a ceasefire, elections in Ukraine and the signing of a final agreement. At the same time, the United States and russia consider holding new elections in Ukraine a key condition for the success of the settlement process.
Advisor to the Head of the Presidential Office Serhiy Leshchenko, commenting on the information from a Fox News journalist at the White House about a three-stage peace plan to end the war, said that this is a way to impose pro-Russian leadership on Ukraine.