{"id":3803,"date":"2025-12-25T20:17:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T21:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=3803"},"modified":"2025-12-26T13:46:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T13:46:37","slug":"zelensky-would-lose-election-to-former-top-general-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/25\/zelensky-would-lose-election-to-former-top-general-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky would lose election to former top general \u2013 poll"},"content":{"rendered":"

Valery Zaluzhny would sweep a run-off vote with 64%, according to a recent survey<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky would overwhelmingly lose in a run-off presidential election to his former top commander Valery Zaluzhny, a Socis poll published on Wednesday has suggested.<\/p>\n

The former commander-in-chief, who currently serves as Ukraine\u2019s ambassador to the UK, has widely been considered to be Zelensky\u2019s potential primary rival.<\/p>\n

In the event Zaluzhny was on the ballot in a hypothetical presidential election, the vote would go to a run-off with a razor-sharp margin between him and Zelensky, according to the survey.<\/p>\n

However, more than 64% of respondents say they would vote for the former top general in a hypothetical second round. More than a fifth said they would not vote for Zelensky under any circumstances.<\/p>\n

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40% of Ukrainians think Zelensky involved in corruption \u2013 poll<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Nearly 21% said they would also support a hypothetical party headed by Zaluzhny in a parliamentary election, while only 12% said they would support the ruling Servant of the People party.<\/p>\n

The recent kickback scandal in Ukraine\u2019s energy sector implicating some of Zelensky\u2019s close associates has shaken his already flagging support. Nearly 40% of Ukrainians think he is directly implicated in the corruption, according to the Socis poll.<\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump has recently urged Zelensky to hold elections, arguing that the Ukrainian leader was holding off on taking the step \u201cusing war\u201d<\/em> as a pretext.<\/p>\n

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Most Ukrainians doubt elections would be fair \u2013 poll<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Zelensky\u2019s presidential term expired last May, but he has refused to call new elections, citing martial law.<\/p>\n

Russian President Vladimir Putin has maintained that this isn\u2019t a reason to stop peace talks, but that it could undermine the legality of any final peace documents signed with Zelensky.<\/p>\n

Just last week, the Russian president suggested that Moscow would be willing to pause strikes \u201cdeep\u201d<\/em> into Ukrainian territory on the day of the vote if Kiev does commit to elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Valery Zaluzhny would sweep a run-off vote with 64%, according to a recent survey Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky would overwhelmingly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3803"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3803"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3808,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3803\/revisions\/3808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}