Ousted Ukraine defence minister calls for wartime elections

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Ukraine’s former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov has called for elections while the war with Russia continues, presenting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with a political challenge one month after his https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/world-int/29056-ukraine-parliament-to-vote-on-new-government-after-defence-minister-removed.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">dismissal from government.

Fedorov, 35, said in a video address posted on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGFTuUxZB54" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube on Tuesday that Ukraine needed a legal and secure way to restore elections despite the continuing war.