The presidential election has been delayed for 2 and a half years! Zelensky: Putin calls for 60-day ceasefire, elections will be held soon

Ukrainian President Zelensky spoke to the media in the Chernihiv Oblast in northern Ukraine on the 8th.

On the 11th, Ukrainian President Zelensky responded positively to US President Trump's criticism yesterday that he should step down, claiming that as long as Russian President Putin agrees to a 60-day ceasefire, Ukraine will hold a presidential election.

Zelensky said in an interview with the ABC program "This Week", "Please tell Putin, give us a complete ceasefire for 2 months, 60 days, and we will hold elections."

The Ukrainian president has a five-year term and can be re-elected once; the current president Zelensky was elected and took office in 2019, and his term was supposed to expire in 2024; however, the presidential election originally scheduled to be held in March or April 2024 could not be held as scheduled due to the imposition of martial law in Ukraine after Russia's invasion.

Putin has always sought to overthrow the pro-European Zelensky government, and has criticized Zelensky's illegitimate status as president on the grounds that Zelensky will continue to be in power after the expiration of his presidential term. He has refused to meet with Zelensky and engage in peace talks.

Faced with Trump's earlier speech of "forcing the palace", Zelensky said that the choice of leader is "the Ukrainians have the final say." Besides, Putin also hopes that Ukraine will change its leader. The whole world knows that the rise in oil prices is caused by the war in the Middle East, so it is much easier to blame Ukraine.