In response to statements about the 2025 elections, the OP commented: "This is intended to pressure Ukraine into not resisting."

He mentioned this during the broadcast of the program "Ukraine Today."

According to him, the coercion of Ukraine to refrain from resistance is outlined in all the war plans reported by Western media.

“Give up the territory, don’t join NATO, hold elections during wartime. All of this is based on the notion of ‘let’s force Ukraine’,” says Podolyak. At the same time, such materials contain “not a word” about Russia ceasing the aggression it initiated.

Furthermore, he stated that claims about holding elections during wartime are possible “when you live in a fantasy” and wish for “a rocket to hit a polling station.”

In his opinion, Western media disseminate such information to portray that “we are so cool, we know how to end the war quickly.”

Recall that back in late September, the Economist, without citing sources, reported that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky allegedly considers the possibility of holding presidential elections next year, in 2025, against the backdrop of declining approval ratings. Through the elections, the president supposedly aims to strengthen his power.

By early November, the Economist wrote (also without specifying particular sources) that the earliest date for elections being discussed in Ukraine is May 25, 2025.

Journalists referred to representatives of “one potential competitor of Volodymyr Zelensky” in the upcoming presidential elections, who mentioned that Ukraine needs elections, but they are hesitant to make a public statement about it, fearing a sharp negative reaction from the President's Office.

A source in the President's Office acknowledged to hromadske that discussions about potential upcoming elections are taking place, but concrete scenarios for their conduct are not yet being developed.