MOSCOW, March 12. /TASS/. The Europeans have suggested Ukraine should continue military operations for another year or two, promising to allocate funds for that, the Ukrainian Pravda online newspaper reported, citing a member of the country’s ruling Servant of the People party.
"The Europeans said: ‘Fight for another year and a half to two years. We will give you money.’ Under their influence, Zelensky tasked the political leadership with developing a scenario where Ukraine will not hold elections for several more years, [ordering] to figure out how the Rada [parliament] will operate in such circumstances," the newspaper quoted the source as saying.
According to the media outlet, parliament members at first had high expectations for the success of peace talks and early elections. However, the armed conflict around Iran has in fact brought the Ukraine-US-Russia negotiation process to a halt, so the majority of the newspaper’s sources in the Rada believe that Ukraine will not hold elections in the near future.
In particular, a senior Servant of the People member said that "there is no specific deadline for developing legislation on elections;" a working group is discussing various options and risks but has so far reached no concrete results.