He continued: “We must fulfill the tasks that were set. Panic is growing on the Ukrainian side on the fronts. It is very important for us to maintain momentum and not stop.”
Peskov also made references to “the other side” who he deemed to be “the collective West plus one”, adding that they would test Russia “as a dare.”
Some US lawmakers have advocated for a wartime election in Ukraine, five years after Zelensky was elected in 2019, though Ukrainian politicians have expressed their doubts.
Currently, nearly a fifth of its territory is controlled by Russian forces, displacing millions of voters. There are also issues of a lack of funds, an outdated voter registry, and destroyed infrastrucutre.
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Polls have been conducted in Ukraine, revealing that 59 per cent of Ukrainians were against a 2024 election because of the war, as opposed to just under 25 per cent who were for an election.
A survey conducted last year by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology also found that trust in Zelensky had declined and had faltered to below the trust of his former commander, Valerii Zaluzhny.
At the end of 2022, 84 per cent of Ukrainians trusted their president, compared to 62 per cent by the end of 2023. This is over 20 per cent less than Zaluzkny, who had the support of 88 per cent of those surveyed.
