Ukraine’s regular election cycle has been suspended while the country is under martial law during the ongoing war with Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy walks with former President Donald Trump to a meeting in New York City on Sept. 27, 2024. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy walks with former President Donald Trump to a meeting in New York City on Sept. 27, 2024. Alex Kent/Getty Images 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....

This audio is created with AI assistance The United States is urging Ukraine to hold elections, possibly by the end of the year, particularly if a truce with Russia is reached in the coming months, according to President Donald Trump's top Ukraine official. Keith Kellogg, Trump's special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, told Reuters that presidential and parliamentary elections, suspended since the all-out war began, "need to be done." He argued that most democratic nations hold elections during wartime and that doing so would strengthen Ukraine’s democracy. "That’s the beauty...

At least eight people have died overnight as Russian drone and missile strikes continued to pound Ukraine’s towns and cities, local officials said. Meanwhile, the United States wants Ukraine to hold elections, potentially by the end of the year, especially if Kyiv can agree a truce with Russia in the coming months, President Donald Trump’s top Ukraine official has said. Amid Moscow’s troops continuing grinding advance through the country’s east, a Russian missile strike on an apartment block in the Ukrainian city of Poltava killed at least seven people and...

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The United States wants Ukraine to hold elections, potentially by the end of the year, especially if Kyiv can agree a truce with Russia in the coming months, President Donald Trump's top Ukraine official told Reuters. Keith Kellogg, Trump's special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, said in an interview that Ukrainian presidential and parliamentary elections, suspended during the war with Russia , "need to be done". "Most democratic nations have elections in their time of war. I think it is important they do so,"...