The US and the EU should share the risks of possible elections in Ukraine during the war - Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Elections in Ukraine in martial law are possible only if it is possible to exercise the right of vote for all citizens, including servicemen and forced displaced persons abroad; Financing and presence of foreign observers at the polling stations on the front line should also be provided. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an interview with journalist Natalia Moseychuk. “Every voice is needed for us. We will not be able to say for ourselves that it is very democratic.

We need a legitimate choice. To make this choice made by society. So that this does not separate our people. That the military can vote. They protect this democracy today and not give them this opportunity because of war is dishonest. I was against the election only because of this, ”the head of state said, commenting on the possibility of organizing and conducting volume in martial law.

The President also noted that the second aspect of a possible election during the war is the issue of missing financing. Volodymyr Zelensky said he discussed this topic with an American Republican politician Lindsey Grame. "I told him: if the US together with Europe give us financial support . . . Sorry, I will not hold an election on credit, I will not take money from weapons and give them to the polls.

But if you give me this financial support, if parliamentarians understand that we need to do it, then let's change the legislation quickly and, most importantly, let's take risks together then, ”said Vladimir Zelensky. Separately, the head of state emphasized on the organization of work of polling stations, the presence of observers, in particular foreign ones. “Observers should be in the trenches.

I told him: we have to send observers to the forefront so that we have elections for us and for the whole world legitimate. And this is absolutely fair, ”said Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He recalled that a considerable number of Ukrainians are now abroad, in particular in the EU countries, and to ensure their will also need significant resources and sites that Ukraine does not have so much. “We need to help in Europe here because Ukrainians today are mostly in the European Union.

There you need to open the sites for people to come. 7 million should vote. We have no such infrastructure capabilities - there we need to open the appropriate opportunities, ”the President said. The head of state stressed that he did not hold on to power and would like to carry out will. But all voters must be secured. “How will the military be able to vote? I would like to show me the infrastructure. No one has shown yet. How will they be able to? No one showed. There is a way out.