{
  "id": 1935112,
  "title": "Ukraine’s ousted minister Mykhailo Fedorov calls for wartime elections",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/ukraines-ousted-minister-mykhailo-fedorov-calls-for-wartime-elections",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T12:23:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260819-ukraine-s-ousted-minister-mykhailo-fedorov-calls-for-wartime-elections"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In a bombshell address posted on YouTube, Ukraine’s ousted defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov called for elections to be held even as the war against Russia continues, saying the country was gripped by a crisis of governance. Ukrainian law prohibits elections while the country is under martial law, which was imposed on February 24, 2022, the day that the Russian invasion began. \"This is complex,\"…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Independent",
        "title": "Parliament votes through Yevhen Khmara to succeed Fedorov as defense minister",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/parliament-votes-through-yevhen-khmara-to-succeed-fedorov-as-defense",
        "published": "2026-08-19T10:35:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ukrinform - Politics",
        "title": "Parliament appoints Khmara as Ukraine's defense minister",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/parliament-appoints-khmara-as-ukraines-defense-minister",
        "published": "2026-08-19T11:27:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}