{
  "id": 1879266,
  "title": "Ukraine's sacked defence minister Fedorov calls for wartime presidential elections",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/ukraines-sacked-defence-minister-fedorov-calls-for-wartime",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T06:06:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260819-ukraine-s-sacked-defence-minister-mykhailo-fedorov-calls-for-wartime-presidential-elections"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ukraine's popular ex-defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov called for wartime elections on Tuesday evening, stating that the nation was facing a crisis of governance. Fedorov was dismissed last month, sparking days of protests across Ukraine. It is the first time since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022 that a Ukrainian political figure demands presidential elections.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Ukraine’s ousted defence minister calls for elections during war",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/ukraines-ousted-defence-minister-calls-for-elections-during-war",
        "published": "2026-08-19T05:59:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Ukraine's fired defense minister calls for elections despite war with Russia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/ukraines-fired-defense-minister-calls-for-elections-despite-war-with",
        "published": "2026-08-19T06:13:57.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}