{"id":1096,"date":"2025-03-07T18:56:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T14:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/?p=1096"},"modified":"2025-03-07T18:56:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T14:26:04","slug":"secret-u-s-zelensky-opposition-talks-on-early-elections-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/secret-u-s-zelensky-opposition-talks-on-early-elections-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret U.S.-Zelensky Opposition Talks on Early Elections in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Weezha Roz<\/span>-Kabul<\/strong>-Per three Ukrainian parliament members and a Republican foreign policy expert in the U.S., the American officials met in Kyiv with Yulia Tymoshenko, the opposition leader and former prime minister known for her political ambition, as well as senior members of the party of Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine\u2019s ex-president. Tymoshenko is regarded as a longtime rival of Zelensky.<\/p>\n<p>The primary goal of the talks was to assess the feasibility of holding an early presidential election in Ukraine. Under the country\u2019s constitution, elections have been postponed due to the continuation of martial law following Russia\u2019s invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents of holding elections under current conditions warn that millions of Ukrainian citizens are either on the front lines or displaced abroad, which could lead to instability and strengthen Russia\u2019s position.<\/p>\n<p>Critics argue that holding elections during wartime would undermine their democratic legitimacy and increase the risk of results being manipulated in favor of the Kremlin.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of the proposal, however, claim that elections could demonstrate Ukraine\u2019s resilience against Russian pressure.<\/p>\n<p>These negotiations occur amid strained relations between Zelensky and his Western allies, particularly the U.S., over financial challenges and disagreements on strategies to counter Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Poroshenko and Tymoshenko have been vocal critics of Zelensky\u2019s handling of the war and domestic policies.<\/p>\n<p>Weezha Roz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weezha Roz-Kabul-Per three Ukrainian parliament members and a Republican foreign policy expert in the U.S., the American officials met in Kyiv with Yulia Tymoshenko, the opposition leader and former prime minister known for her political ambition, as well as senior members of the party of Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine\u2019s ex-president. Tymoshenko is regarded as a longtime &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}