{"id":1365947,"date":"2026-03-05T19:08:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/the-election-campaign-has-actually-started-in-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T06:53:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T04:53:27","slug":"the-election-campaign-has-actually-started-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/the-election-campaign-has-actually-started-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"The Election Race in Ukraine Has Quietly Begun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Source: Author&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dana.yarovaya\/posts\/pfbid0szbGR6buSn4zkMHDbrWrAcu12Zrcnmg7gaajqWM4W2rVMW82PqmJSM2Vte9PZAnSl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> page<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>It appears that Ukraine\u2019s election campaign has already begun. Officials may insist that no one is preparing to run and that no campaign is underway, but a closer look at the political signals makes the reality quite obvious.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For example, the story of awarding volunteers is quite revealing. If you look not only at the fact of the awards but also at who exactly has begun to be actively brought into the public spotlight and drawn into the political \u201corbit,\u201d it becomes clear who could potentially end up alongside the current ruling team in the upcoming campaign\u2014and who could not. In politics, such things are rarely accidental.<\/p>\n<p>In my opinion, the picture is quite predictable. The political team is gradually highlighting individuals who could become part of the upcoming election campaign. At the same time, it is presented as mere social activism or gratitude for their contribution to the country, yet the political context remains easy to read.<br \/>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/truce-for-votes-why-does-putin-need-elections-in-ukraine\/\">Truce for votes: why does Putin need elections in Ukraine?<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n<br \/>\nHonestly, sometimes it\u2019s even surprising how straightforward it all is. The authorities are clearly counting on society to overlook these small signals, but for those who have been observing political processes for a long time, everything appears quite transparent. Names begin to appear, familiar faces start showing up nearby, and the information space is gradually being prepared<br \/>\nAnd so, whatever it&#8217;s called officially, it looks like the election campaign has already started, just in its &#8220;soft&#8221; phase for now.<br \/>\nExactly when the elections will be held and how they will be conducted remains unclear, and it is unlikely that anyone will give a candid answer right now. But the process already appears to be underway. And if you look closely, it is even possible to roughly see who may end up on future party lists and political teams.<\/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<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 Materials published in the \u201cOPINIONS\u201d section reflect the opinion of the author of the publication, who bears full responsibility for the accuracy of the information.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 The editorial staff of prm.ua may not share the opinions expressed in the author&#8217;s material.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 The owner of the webpage in the \u201cOPINIONS\u201d section is the author of the publication.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Author&#8217;s Facebook page It appears that Ukraine\u2019s election campaign has already begun. Officials may insist that no one is preparing to run and that no campaign is underway, but a closer look at the political signals makes the reality quite obvious.\u00a0 For example, the story of awarding volunteers is quite revealing. If you look [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":1357968,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76893],"class_list":["post-1365947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1365947","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=1365947"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1365947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1366042,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1365947\/revisions\/1366042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1357968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1365947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1365947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}