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When did Zelensky's presidential term expired again?

• mcv 2y ago
  When there is peace. Just as with Churchill. And most European leaders during WW2. You can't hold free elections when you're not free.
• sublimefire 2y ago
  They cannot have normal elections anyway, a bunch of people in occupied territories, not to mention soldiers in active duty who cannot leave their posts to vote. Whilst Putin is ruling since 2020 (except Medvedev term).
  • missedthecue 2y ago
    Come on. US held elections in 1864 France held elections in 1871 during a large war where parts of the country were under Prussian occupation Korea held elections in 1952 Vietnam held elections in 1956 Iraq held elections in 2005 with large parts of the country under foreign backed insurgent occupation Georgia has held elections in 2008, 2012, and 2020. Ukraine itself held elections in 2014 and 2019. Either the Donbas and Crimea are Ukrainian or they're not.
• y0ssar1an 2y ago
  They literally can't have an election until the war ends: * millions of Ukrainians in the occupied territories * 1000km frontline that is extremely thin in places. should they pull troops off the line to vote, or run ballot boxes to the trenches? * their Constitution forbids it * the Russians will attack polling places, possibly killing hundreds Britian didn't have an election for 10 years because of WWII, so it's not like it's unprecedented for a democracy to put elections on hold during an existential crisis.