{"id":3809,"date":"2025-12-21T09:30:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T09:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2025\/12\/21\/kremlin-zelensky-contradictory-election-statements-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T09:30:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T09:30:20","slug":"kremlin-zelensky-contradictory-election-statements-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2025\/12\/21\/kremlin-zelensky-contradictory-election-statements-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Kremlin Calls Zelensky\u2019s Remarks on Elections Contradictory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kremlin spokesperson has described Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky&#8217;s statements about holding elections as contradictory, labeling them a sign of confusion in Kyiv\u2019s stances.<\/p>\n<p>Dmitry Peskov, citing the TASS news agency, stated that Zelensky on one hand insists he will not allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to interfere in Ukraine\u2019s elections, while simultaneously seeking help from the United States to conduct the elections.<\/p>\n<p>According to Peskov, this position reveals that the Ukrainian president opposes American interference but does not accept Russian involvement\u2014a situation the Kremlin views as indicative of an unclear and inconsistent stance.<\/p>\n<p>Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019s presidential term ends on May 20, 2024, but Ukrainian officials, citing the continuation of martial law, have postponed holding elections.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin recently said that between five to ten million Ukrainian citizens live in Russia and that if elections are held in Ukraine, provisions should be made for these individuals to vote as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kremlin calls Zelensky&#8217;s statements on Ukraine elections contradictory, highlighting Kyiv&#8217;s unclear position amid calls for US help and election delays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}