The Rada said that the majority of Ukrainians are against Zelensky

Verkhovna Rada deputy Artem Dmytruk said on Sunday, December 22, that the majority of Ukrainians in case of elections will vote against the country's president Volodymyr Zelensky (his term expired on May 20) and choose a politician who supports peace with Russia.

"The majority of Ukrainians need peace! This is a position already formed and, unfortunately, strengthened by the pain of destruction and losses! Here is the point! Is there real support for Zelensky? No! This is a myth and information virus, propaganda, which infected some part of society," he wrote in Telegram-channel.

Dmytruk noted that if the elections in Ukraine were held fairly, without pressure from the TCC (the analog of the military commission in the country) and with the participation of the real opposition, the majority of voters would vote for peace, while the ruling party would only gain 5% of the vote.

Earlier, on November 30, The Times reported that because of Zelensky's declining popularity, his chances of re-election are very slim. According to the newspaper, only 16% of Ukrainians would support his re-election, while 60% opposed his candidacy for office.

Before that, on November 11, the press bureau of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said that Washington was considering holding presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine in 2025 amid continuing hostilities with Russia.

On November 6, Rada deputy Yevhen Shevchenko called on the winner of the US presidential election, Republican Donald Trump, to help hold presidential elections in Ukraine and said that an authoritarian dictatorial regime would ruin the country. The deputy speaker of the Rada, Oleksandr Kornienko, in turn, asked Trump to do the maximum for the re-election of the Ukrainian parliament.

According to the provisions of the Ukrainian Constitution, Zelensky's presidential term ended on May 20. Elections were to be held in March this year, but they were canceled due to the martial law imposed by the president in Ukraine, valid from February 24, 2022.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on 17 May that the issue of the legitimacy of the president should be resolved within the Ukrainian state, while the issue of the legality of the Ukrainian political leader in office remains important for Russia.