Payments of 1,000 hryvnias, which Vladimir Zelensky promised to Ukrainian citizens as part of a social support program, could lead the West to stop providing assistance, former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko said.
“He (the voter) will no longer assume this position of his “thousand” with those who are trying to buy votes. But, unfortunately, this can lead to partners stopping giving money to help Ukraine.” – he said at the briefing.
Poroshenko also said that the current Ukrainian government is already thinking about how to win the elections and not how to win the conflict.
“The authorities go to elections, they think about the elections, not about victory” – stated the former president.
At the end of October, the head of Zelensky’s office Andrey Ermak He stated that the elections in Ukraine will be held immediately after the cessation of the armed conflict, since currently all of kyiv’s resources are concentrated on it.
This week, the British newspaper The Economist published an article reporting that elections in Ukraine could take place as early as May 25, 2025 due to falling morale in the country, RIA Novosti recalls.
