President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky is not going to prematurely terminate the powers of the Verkhovna Rada.
“I will not dissolve parliament. Nothing will change as of yet,” he said at the press marathon 30 questions for the President of Ukraine in Kyiv on Friday.
He stressed that he does not understand the point why the parliament should be dissolved if the deputies vote, and noted that the country needs stability.
The first day of participation in the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow (UK), President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky concluded by discussing military and defense cooperation with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the presidential press service has said.
“During the conversation with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, important issues of bilateral interaction, military and defense cooperation, European and world agendas were raised,” the presidential press service said in the statement.
On Monday, Zelensky spoke with Prime Ministers of Israel Naftali Bennett, Sweden Stefan Leuven, Georgia Irakli Garibashvili, Luxembourg Xavier Bethel, Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg and President of Guinea-Bissau of security in Europe, in particular in eastern Ukraine, and the world,” the President’s Office.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, stressing that the United States remains committed to supporting Ukraine’s right to determine its own future foreign policy.
“My sincere thanks to President of Ukraine Zelensky for hosting me in Kyiv today. Together with our allies, we remain committed to supporting Ukraine’s right to decide its own future foreign policy, free from outside influence,” Austin wrote on Twitter.
As reported, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrived in Ukraine on an official visit on Tuesday, October 19.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit the UK at the end of October, and a strategic dialogue meeting is planned during the visit, Ukrainian Ambassador to UK Vadym Prystaiko has said.
“In the near future, we expect a delegation led by the president (Volodymyr Zelensky). At the end of this month,” Prystaiko said in an interview with Dom TV channel.
He noted that a meeting is planned during the visit, at which a strategic dialogue will take place.
If the presidential elections in Ukraine were held in the near future, then 32% of Ukrainians who will definitely go to the elections and have decided on their choice, would vote for incumbent President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to results of the all-Ukrainian sociological survey “Socio-Political Moods of Ukrainians: September 2021”, held by the Ukrainian Institute of the Future together with the sociological company New Image Marketing Group.
Zelensky’s rating rose 2% from June, the Institute said in a press release on Facebook on Monday, October 4.
“That is, 32% of those who have made up their minds and will go to the polls are now ready to vote for him. While the ratings of his closest competitors Poroshenko and Boiko dropped by 2% and 1%, respectively. Both have 12% among those who have made up their minds and will go to the polls. The fourth place is consistently occupied by Yulia Tymoshenko – 11% among those who have made up their minds and will go to the polls. At the same time, the rating of Groisman and Muraev increased to 7% among those who decided to go to the polls,” the release says.
It clarifies that young people under 24 years of age support Zelensky the most – 39% of respondents.
“Even in the East, Zelensky is ahead of Boiko – 27% to 16% respectively. Nevertheless, Donbas remains an openly problematic region for Zelensky – there he loses to Boiko unquestioningly – 16% to 29%.
Relatively little support in Donetsk and Luhansk regions correlates with low confidence in the incumbent head of state there and a greater proportion of those who support early presidential elections,” the release says.
In addition, if the elections to the Verkhovna Rada were held next Sunday, then 23% of those polled would vote for the Servant of the People party. The Opposition Platform is on the second and third place in terms of electoral preferences of 16% of citizens who decided to go to the polls, and the European Solidarity party – for 15% of those who decided to go to the polls.
Just like in the presidential rating, Yulia Tymoshenko’s Batkivschyna party ranks fourth – 14% among those who have made up their minds and will go to the polls. Ihor Smeshko’s “Strength and Honor” received fewer votes – 7% among those who decided to go to the polls.
“The Ukrainian Strategy of Groisman party and Yevhen Muraev’s Nashi Party did not overcome the 5% barrier in absolute terms, having received 4% each among those who decided to go to the elections. Also the party of Anatoliy Shariy and the party of Prytula got 3% each among those who decided to go to the polls. And the Holos party got 2% among those who decided to go to the polls,” the Institute reports.
They clarify that in comparison with the sentiments of respondents regarding participation in the presidential elections, the share of those wishing to vote for MPs is slightly lower – 70% declare their desire to vote in the parliamentary elections. However, 25% will not go to the parliamentary elections and will not vote. And another 5% of citizens were undecided.
All-Ukrainian sociological research “Socio-political moods of Ukrainians: September 2021” was conducted by the Ukrainian Institute of the Future together with the sociological company New Image Marketing Group among 2,400 respondents throughout Ukraine from September 18 to September 28, 2021. The margin of error is no more than 2%.