Zelensky’s Election Talk is Bluff to Secure Ceasefire, Not Peace: Italian Expert
07:51 26.12.2025 (Updated: 08:05 26.12.2025)
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Zelensky’s election talk is a bluff to secure ceasefire, not peace – Italian expert
Zelensky and his European backers may be scheming to trick US President Donald Trump with talk of Ukrainian elections to secure a frontline truce, Alessandro Orsini, a sociology professor at Rome’s Luiss University, told Il Fatto Quotidiano.
“In my view, it’s all a bluff. Zelensky and his EU patrons want Trump to swallow this plan that supposedly gives Ukraine a ceasefire for elections—but it’s a ploy,” Orsini explained.
Ukraine is not genuinely seeking a peaceful settlement, he speculated, and is willing to do whatever it takes to drag out negotiations - which is why it seeks a temporary truce.
Earlier in December, following a statement by Trump urging presidential elections in Ukraine, Zelensky said he was ready to amend the law to allow them, adding that he had instructed parliament to draft legislation enabling elections within 60 to 90 days.
A working group to explore the possibility of holding a presidential election is being formed in the Ukrainian parliament, David Arakhamia, head of Servant of the People faction in the Verkhovna Rada, said on Dec. 22.
Ukraine canceled its 2024 election, citing martial law.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stated that after Zelensky’s presidential term had expired, he is no longer the legitimate leader of Ukraine.
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Zelensky and his European backers may be scheming to trick US President Donald Trump with talk of Ukrainian elections to secure a frontline truce, Alessandro Orsini, a sociology professor at Rome’s Luiss University, told Il Fatto Quotidiano.
“In my view, it’s all a bluff. Zelensky and his EU patrons want Trump to swallow this plan that supposedly gives Ukraine a ceasefire for elections—but it’s a ploy,” Orsini explained.
Ukraine is not genuinely seeking a peaceful settlement, he speculated, and is willing to do whatever it takes to drag out negotiations - which is why it seeks a temporary truce.
Earlier in December, following a statement by Trump urging presidential elections in Ukraine, Zelensky said he was ready to amend the law to allow them, adding that he had instructed parliament to draft legislation enabling elections within 60 to 90 days.
A working group to explore the possibility of holding a presidential election is being formed in the Ukrainian parliament, David Arakhamia, head of Servant of the People faction in the Verkhovna Rada, said on Dec. 22.
Ukraine canceled its 2024 election, citing martial law.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stated that after Zelensky’s presidential term had expired, he is no longer the legitimate leader of Ukraine.
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