Zelensky: Ukraine Cannot Hold Elections for Security Reasons

Zelensky tying elections to a full ceasefire reframes the vote as a security question rather than a political one, which shifts the burden onto any truce that does not cover the whole country. His admission that he learned of Trump's energy ceasefire proposal from the media points to a wider coordination gap between Kyiv and Washington. Whether a limited energy truce can be expanded into the comprehensive ceasefire Zelensky describes is the open question.