{
  "id": 2808128,
  "title": "Zelensky rejects wartime elections, saying vote would 'split' Ukraine",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/zelensky-rejects-wartime-elections-saying-vote-would-split-ukraine",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-23T14:49:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/zelensky-rejects-wartime-elections-saying-vote-would-split-ukraine"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that holding elections during wartime would pose a threat to the country, following a controversial call by his former defense minister to pave the way for an election. According to the latest opinion poll by the Kyiv Institute of Sociology carried out this summer, only 15 per cent of those surveyed want an election to be held at this time. Details…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "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."
}