Ukraine will hold simultaneous presidential elections and a referendum on a peace deal in the Spring to lend legitimacy to the U.S.-brokered settlement, a report claims.

The Ukrainian government is working with European states to hold wartime elections in Spring 2026, Britain’s Financial Times claims, citing “Ukrainian and European officials involved in the planning”. Per the report, the United States has made Ukraine the holding of now years-overdue national elections to confirm President Volodymyr Zelensky’s mandate as a requirement for American security guarantees for the country to be activated.

The proposed referendum would likely be used…

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