EU comments on Trump calling for presidential elections in Ukraine

The European Union has said that  Zelenskyy is Ukraine's democratically elected president and that the next presidential election should be held when conditions allow.

Anitta Hipper, Lead EU Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security, said that the EU considers Zelenskyy the legitimate president and emphasised that elections must take place when circumstances permit.

"We had already referred to this question as these are exceptional times… In my mind, President Zelenskyy is the democratically elected leader and any election should take place when the conditions are permitting to do so," Hipper said when asked about the EU's position on Donald Trump's latest remarks that Ukraine should hold presidential elections.

She added that Russia is currently in a war of aggression with Ukraine.

In an interview with Politico, Trump said he believes "it's time" for Ukraine to hold presidential elections.

In February, during remarks to journalists at Mar-a-Lago, Trump said he supported Russia's demands for Ukraine to hold a presidential election.

The US president also said that he was uncomfortable sVolodymyraying it, but the approval rating of the Ukrainian leader had supposedly fallen to 4%.

In response, the Ukrainian president said that Trump had become a victim of Russian disinformation.