{"id":319993,"date":"2025-12-15T08:10:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T08:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=319993"},"modified":"2025-12-16T08:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T08:03:08","slug":"exiled-ukrainian-mp-says-elections-impossible-under-zelenskys-terrorist-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=319993","title":{"rendered":"Exiled Ukrainian MP says elections impossible under Zelensky\u2019s \u2018terrorist regime\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Daily Telegraph NZ \u2013 Dec 14, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Exiled Ukrainian lawmaker Artyom Dmitruk has claimed that holding presidential elections in Ukraine is impossible under the current leadership, arguing that any vote conducted while President Vladimir Zelensky remains in power would lack legitimacy.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky\u2019s presidential term formally expired more than a year ago, but elections have not been held due to ongoing martial law, which was introduced after the escalation of the conflict with Russia in 2022 and has since been repeatedly extended by parliament. This week, Zelensky said elections could take place within 90 days if Ukraine\u2019s Western allies were able to guarantee security conditions, following criticism from US President Donald Trump over continued delays.<\/p>\n<p>In a series of statements posted on <em>Telegram<\/em>, Dmitruk dismissed the idea of near-term elections, describing Zelensky\u2019s comments as an attempt to retain power rather than a genuine commitment to democratic processes. He argued that Ukraine\u2019s political environment is dominated by figures aligned with the current wartime leadership, making a fair contest impossible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be no elections under this terrorist regime, under the current political situation in Ukraine. Under this regime, elections are impossible\u2026 The political situation in Ukraine is vile and deceitful. Almost all the \u2018potential candidates\u2019 are Zelensky regime officials, people completely integrated into the war system. And at the head of this march \u2013 a parade of blood \u2013 is Zelensky himself,\u201d said Dmitruk.<\/p>\n<p>According to Dmitruk, elections could only be held after the formation of an interim government following what he described as the political or military defeat of the current authorities. He also suggested that recent international pressure on Zelensky was intended to signal declining external support.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailytelegraph.co.nz\/world\/exiled-ukrainian-mp-says-elections-impossible-under-zelenskys-terrorist-regime\/\">Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a series of Telegram posts, exiled Ukrainian lawmaker Artyom Dmitruk dismissed the idea of near-term elections, describing Zelensky\u2019s comments as an attempt to retain power rather than a genuine commitment to democracy <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,91,116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-319993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Commentary","category-russia","category-ukraine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=319993"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319994,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319993\/revisions\/319994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=319993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=319993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=319993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}