{"id":1357453,"date":"2026-02-13T15:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T13:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/strange-deadlines-who-is-really-pushing-ukraine-towards-elections\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T15:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T13:30:17","slug":"strange-deadlines-who-is-really-pushing-ukraine-towards-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/strange-deadlines-who-is-really-pushing-ukraine-towards-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange deadlines: who is really pushing Ukraine towards elections?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The emergence of information about the holding of elections in Ukraine raises many questions. The date of May 15, which falls on a Friday, raises doubts due to its inconsistency with Ukrainian legislation and military realities, but it may be part of a broader foreign policy game on the American side.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This opinion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f7wL8TNGRhs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was expressed<\/a> on the air of &#8220;Pryamoy&#8221; by Oleksandr Krayev, an expert at the Foreign Policy Council &#8220;Ukrainian Prism&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p> In his opinion, these deadlines come precisely from the Trump team, which needs to present a concrete solution to the conflict before serious negotiations with China begin on Taiwan and other global issues.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Trump literally needs to put this solution in front of China, whatever it may be. And that&#8217;s why, it seems to me, all these deadlines, all these dates, they are still Trump&#8217;s, either his personally or his team&#8217;s,&#8221; the studio guest noted.<\/p>\n<p> https:\/\/youtu.be\/f7wL8TNGRhs?t=37<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/elections-before-may-15-who-is-spreading-rumors-and-why\/\">Elections before May 15: who is spreading rumors and why<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p> According to Krayev, the rush with deadlines is explained by preparations for a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, scheduled for April, as Trump seeks to demonstrate a diplomatic victory in the form of a ceasefire or the launch of a settlement process in Ukraine in order to pressure Beijing&#8217;s position.<\/p>\n<p> Currently, China benefits from a protracted war due to access to cheap Russian resources and the absence of sanctions, so a quick resolution to the conflict is beneficial to Washington in changing the balance of power, Oleksandr Krayev is convinced.<\/p>\n<p> As a reminder, Western media outlets previously reported on the US demand to hold elections in Ukraine by May 15. Moreover, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky allegedly plans to announce presidential elections and a referendum on the peace agreement on February 24. However, sources on Bankova denied this information.<\/p>\n<p> At the same time, reports by foreign media about US demands to hold elections by May 15 may turn out to be an information injection and <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/vybory-i-referendum-v-ukraini-chy-realno-tsoho-vymahaie-tramp\/\">a tool to test the mood of Ukrainians<\/a> . People&#8217;s Deputy from &#8220;European Solidarity&#8221; Maria Ionova noted on the air of &#8220;Pryamoy&#8221; that the real situation in the legislative body looks much more restrained than it is presented in the headlines of foreign publications.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The emergence of information about the holding of elections in Ukraine raises many questions. The date of May 15, which falls on a Friday, raises doubts due to its inconsistency with Ukrainian legislation and military realities, but it may be part of a broader foreign policy game on the American side. This opinion was expressed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":1330832,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76872,76885,76871],"class_list":["post-1357453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-feed","category-policy","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1357453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1330832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1357453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1357453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}