While Ukraine is accused of “antidemocratic tendencies” because wartime conditions make elections impossible, the closest European partner of the United States, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, is advancing steps toward authoritarian rule. Orbán is now exploring the idea of assuming the presidency. He is also preparing to rewrite key laws and turn the office into
Investigators in Spain closed the case of the murdered Russian pilot Maksim Kuzminov, the man who in 2023 flew a Mi-8 military helicopter to Ukraine, because they lacked admissible evidence. ABC reports that the inquiry, carried out under strict secrecy, did not identify any individual or group responsible for planning or executing the killing. As
U.S. President Donald Trump, in an interview with Politico, stated that Ukraine needs to hold elections, claiming that the absence of a vote is “antidemocratic.” In essence, he repeated one of Russia’s long-standing excuses to pressure Ukraine and prolong the war without negotiations. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is ready to conduct the elections,