Democracy Under Siege: Ukrainians Reject Wartime Elections and Lies
By:Giorgio Provinciali
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Ternopil Although ongoing power outages are severely testing the resilience of the Ukrainian people, exhausted after 12 years of war, including four years of large-scale conflict, the results ofthe latest poll conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology(KIIS) are clear:only 9% of respondents support holding elections during the war, andapproval ratings for President Zelensky have risen further to 61%.
These facts, easily confirmed by speaking with civilians and soldiers, accurately reflect the situation in both Ukraine and the United States. Donald Trump had, in fact,falselyclaimedthat Zelensky was the only one stubbornly refusing to give in, while the Ukrainian civilian population would have accepted capitulation. This is essentially what his peace plan is about, even after it has been scaled back and modified.
Lets stay united, victory will be ours A flash mob based on this call not to give up is spreading among Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines, and it has gained widespread attention on social media. Addressing institutions, their comrades, and civilians directly, thousands of Ukrainian defenders are recording short clips urging people not to believe the assessments ofcouch potatoesand the fake news they spread to undermine the armys unity. From the most dangerous positions on the front, men and women of all ages are explaining that these are nothing more than attempts to pressure the peace negotiations process.
We will defend every single piece of our land say the soldiers on the front, and civil society interviewed by KIIS firmly maintains the same position.75% of those interviewed are not even in favor of holding elections in the event of a cessation of hostilities, even if security guarantees were offered. People want peace, but they know that peace means victory.Any other agreement with the Russians would be nothing more than a rehash of centuries-old tragedies.Fifty-seven percent of the Ukrainian civilian population believes that only after the war is completely over will it be sensible to hold any electoral process.
KIIS Director Anton Hrushetskyi noted thatthe vast majority of Ukrainians do not demand elections, that the level of trust in President Zelensky remains high, and that his legitimacy is not questioned by society. Hrushetskyi also highlighted thatthe public perceives calls for elections during wartime as an attempt to weaken the stateand rejectsthe lessons in democracy offered by the White House leader(who, incidentally, has a much lower trust rating among his fellow citizens than Zelensky).Trumpclaimsthat Ukraine is no longer a democracy because elections have not been held for a long time.Ukrainian civil society and soldiers on the front are responding clearly, especially at the most difficult moment.
After three days of widespread blackouts, during which no one could get electricity to their homes, half a million residents of Odesa Oblast remain cut off from the power grid. In other parts of Ukraine, the situation is just as difficult.There is no electricity, water, heating, or internet. The few times they manage to connect, it usually lasts only a few minutes because, although power has returned, mobile networks are disabled by the Ukrainians themselves to prevent Russian drones from locking onto those cells.
Life here remains extremely tough. Even simple tasks like sending this article to the editorial team are becoming more difficult.
Under theseconditions, no worse than those of 2022, KIIS asked Ukrainians if they are willing to endure the war for as long as necessary. 63% answered yes. Consistently. In September, the figure was 62%. Only 1% said they could only endure a year. 99% did not agree.
In Berlin,U.S. representatives or rather, Russian spokespeopleSteve Whitkoff and Jared Kushner continued to pressure Ukraine, urging them to abandon Donbas, claiming thatit was now the U.S. demanding Ukraine withdraw its troops.A disgraceful stance that equates the U.S. with the Russian aggressorand which, at every level, the Ukrainians oppose.
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民主遭受圍攻：烏克蘭人拒絕戰時選舉與謊言
作者：Giorgio Provinciali
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特爾諾皮爾雖然持續的停電嚴重考驗著烏克蘭人民在經曆了12年的戰爭，其中包括四年的大規模衝突後的韌性，但基輔國際社會學院（KIIS）最新的調查結果顯示：僅有9%的受訪者支持在戰爭期間舉行選舉，而澤倫斯基總統的支持率進一步上升至61%。
（圖片來源及致謝：KIIS）
這些事實很容易通過與平民和士兵交談來證實，準確反映了烏克蘭和美國的情況。唐納德特朗普實際上錯誤地聲稱烏克蘭平民會接受投降，而澤倫斯基是唯一一個堅持不讓步的人。這本質上就是他的和平計劃的內容，即使它已被縮減和修改。
（圖：我在烏克蘭紮波羅熱錄製了這段視頻版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
讓我們團結起來，勝利將屬於我們基於這一不放棄的呼籲，前線的烏克蘭士兵之間掀起了一場快閃行動，並在社交媒體上引起了廣泛關注。麵向各種機構、同袍戰友和公眾，數千名烏克蘭戰士錄製了短片，敦促人們不要相信沙發土豆的評估以及他們散播的虛假新聞，這些虛假信息都是旨在破壞軍隊的團結。來自前線最危險地區的各個年齡段的男女向人們解釋，這些（虛假敘事）不過是施壓和平談判過程的嚐試。
我們將捍衛我們的每一寸土地前線的士兵這樣說，KIIS訪問的公民社會同樣堅定地保持這一立場。75%的受訪者甚至不讚成在敵對行動停止的情況下舉行選舉，即使有安全保障的承諾。人們渴望和平，但他們知道和平意味著勝利。與俄羅斯的任何其他協議不過是幾個世紀昔日悲劇的重演。57%的烏克蘭平民認為，隻有在戰爭徹底結束後，舉行任何選舉程序才是明智的。
（圖片來源及致謝：KIIS）
KIIS主任安東赫魯謝茨基指出，絕大多數烏克蘭人不要求舉行選舉，對澤倫斯基總統的信任程度仍然很高，而社會對他的合法性並不質疑。赫魯謝茨基還強調，公眾將戰時要求舉行選舉視為削弱國家的企圖，並拒絕白宮領導人提供的民主課程（順便提一句，他在其國內同胞中的信任度遠低於澤倫斯基）。特朗普聲稱烏克蘭不再是民主國家，因為已經很長時間沒有舉行選舉。烏克蘭的公民社會和前線的士兵明確回應，尤其是在最艱難的時刻。
經曆了三天的大麵積停電，期間沒有人家庭獲得了電力供應，奧德薩州的五十萬居民仍然無法連接電網。在烏克蘭的其他地區，情況同樣艱難。沒有電、水、暖氣或互聯網。他們偶爾能夠連接的幾次，通常也隻維持幾分鍾，因為盡管電力恢複，但移動網絡被烏克蘭人自己禁用，以防止俄羅斯無人機鎖定那些信號塔。
這裏的生活仍然極為艱難。即使是將這篇文稿發送給編輯團隊這樣的簡單任務也變得更加困難。
在這些條件下，情況與2022年一樣糟糕，KIIS詢問了烏克蘭人是否願意忍耐戰爭持續，直到必要為止。63%的受訪者回答是，這一比例始終如一。在九月時，這一數字為62%。隻有1%的受訪者表示他們隻能忍耐一年，99%持不同意見。
在柏林，美國代表更確切地說是俄羅斯發言人史蒂夫維特科夫和賈瑞德庫什納繼續向烏克蘭施壓，敦促他們放棄頓巴斯，聲稱現在是美國要求烏克蘭撤回軍隊。這種可恥的立場將美國與俄羅斯侵略者等同起來，烏克蘭人在各個層麵上都予以反對。
（圖：我，後方是被俄羅斯襲擊摧毀了的烏克蘭民用基礎設施版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
