Zelenskyy rejects call from sacked minister for wartime elections.
International leaders have visited Ukraine to mark its Independence Day as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejects calls for wartime elections.
But domestic political pressure has been growing amid the latest corruption investigations into senior government officials while Russian and Ukrainian attacks intensify.
What’s the impact?
Presenter: Sami Zeidan
Guests:
Oleksandr Sushko – executive director of the International Renaissance Foundation, a Ukrainian charitable organisation, and former co-chairman of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform
Olexiy Haran – professor of comparative politics at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and head of research at the Democratic Initiatives Foundation
Michael Bociurkiw – global affairs analyst and senior fellow at the Atlantic Council
Published On 24 Aug 2026
