As Russia’s invasion drags on, Ukraine’s ruling party floats early elections

"Technologically, it is better for us to hold the elections earlier," a source in the leadership of the Servant of the People faction admits. "While everyone believes in the president’s rating, the party’s rating is getting worse."

The idea was suddenly floated by Ruslan Stefanchuk, the speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament, who said the Ukrainian constitution does not prohibit holding elections during war.

"There is a great desire of a part of the ruling team to hold elections," Oleksii Honcharenko, an MP from European Solidarity, an opposition party led by ex-president Petro Poroshenko, told LIGA.net in an interview.