Zelenskyy says wartime elections could ‘destroy’ Ukraine

The embattled Ukrainian president slams Mykhailo Fedorov’s idea as a ‘tsunami’ that would ‘split’ the country.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected his ex-defence chief’s calls for a wartime election, calling the prospect a “huge risk” amid the more than four-year war with Russia.Ukrainian law bans elections during wartime, a measure that had gone unchallenged until former Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov made the first public demand for a vote earlier this week.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Russia says ready for ‘new ideas’ on Ukraine war that match Putin’s goalslist 2 of 4Russian expert warns of impending social crisis as Ukraine death toll riseslist 3 of 4Russian drone attack on busy shopping centre kills 15 in Ukrainelist 4 of 4Russia, Ukraine trade attacks as Putin warns of ‘far more destructive’ hitsend of listZelenskyy rejected the call during a wide-ranging briefing with reporters on Saturday.“I believe that in a war like this, elections as such are a huge risk. Elections right now are a tsunami for the country that will split Ukraine,” the president said in comments published on Sunday.“If we want to destroy the country, then we can move in ...