When will Ukraine hold a presidential election? It was postponed because of the war with Russia, but it is now almost three years since the start of the Russian invasion, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy is being asked about it more and more often.

He always gives the same response: "The hot phase of the war will end, and when martial law is lifted, elections will be announced," the Ukrainian president said earlier this week, in an interview with the British journalist Piers Morgan.

There has been more discussion about an election since the recent statements by the new US special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg.

At the beginning of February, Kellogg told the Reuters news agency that the USA wanted Ukraine to hold elections, potentially before the end of this year, especially if Kyiv was able to agree a truce with Moscow in the coming months. Elections, Kellogg said, are "good for democracy."

Certain US politicians already started calling on Ukraine to hold elections a year ago, despite the ongoing war. In the past year, Russia has also been commenting on the absence of an election in Ukraine. Russian president Vladimir Putin has repeatedly cast doubt on Zelenskyy's legitimacy as president, citing........

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