Posted originally on Feb 27, 2025 by Martin Armstrong 

QUESTION: You say your sources in Ukraine question if Zelensky would win. I understand you will not reveal your sources. Can you at least say are they more than one and do they have any connection to the government?

Thank you for your courageous work.

EK

ANSWER: Zelensky is a dictator, and his popularity was not above 50%. I question if It is even above 10%, and he knows it. He puts out the BS that it is Russia calling for elections and Trump is Putin’s puppet. Trump has responded that new elections are “not a Russia thing!” He added: “That’s something coming from me and coming from many other countries also.”

ABC News even reported that a source close to the Ukrainian government—who did not wish to be named as they were not authorized to speak publicly—told them that the push is coming from those who “believe that Zelenskyy, personally, is a problem because he is not compliant enough, he’s not simply going to accept anything that they propose or anything that they demand.”

Zelensky has repeatedly warned that elections during wartime would be severely destabilizing. If Ukraine is forced into a rush and insecure election, “We could see absolute political chaos in Kyiv,” the source said.

Only a dictator would say something like that. Every country during World War I and II had elections. Winston Churchill was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty on September 3rd, 1939, the day that the United Kingdom declared war on Nazi Germany. However, Churchill succeeded Neville Chamberlain as prime minister on May 10th, 1940, and held the post until 26 July 1945. Roosevelt won the nomination in 1940 after being in office since 1932. He won again during the war election of 1944. Zelensky cannot point to any legitimate democratic government where war justified martial law to suspend elections indefinitely.

If you ever needed evidence that the media in the USA and Europe are bought and paid for by the Neocons or are just so stupid and lack common sense surrendering all investigative journalism for money and bias, the ONLY newspaper daring to print the opposition to Zelensky inside Ukraine is the Telegraph down in New Zealand. They have reported that the former aide to this criminal Zelensky, Aleksey Arestovich, plans to run for election and has pledged to imprison Zelensky and the entirety of his “gang” if he wins. This is why Zelensky will block elections. He is deeply hated in Ukraine as a corrupt billionaire.

Arestovich was Zelensky’s propaganda director. A journalist, Aleksandr Shelest, asked him if he would arrest Zelensky should he get elected, and he promised he would put him on trial.

“I will give the order to detain him. And no foreign power will save him and his gang. We will catch everyone, no matter where they are hiding, we will get them out from under the ground, bring them in and we will deliver the verdict live on air. No, not even a hair will fall from his head. He will get jailed – and I believe – for life.” 

The ex-aide accused his former boss of killing off Ukrainians “by the tens of thousands” just for the sake of keeping his “beloved” power, which he has been ultimately using to “kill and rob.” Arestovich also pledged to reshape the Ukrainian governing model and make the state “face the people,” adding he will use force if necessary to reach the goal.

Arestovich was a long-time associate of Zelensky, with the ties between the two going back to their time in show business. During Zelensky’s presidency, Arestovich became his informal adviser and a top propagandist, heralding a purportedly imminent victory in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

He left the role in early 2023 after contradicting the official narrative around a deadly missile incident. Arestovich has grown increasingly critical of his former boss and has since moved to the US, claiming that Kiev wants him jailed on politically-motivated charges.

Earlier this month, Arestovich said Ukraine has already “lost the war due to our own stupidity, pride, and stubbornness,” warning that Kiev’s denial of reality would ultimately exclude it from having a say in the conflict’s outcome altogether.

“We have created a society of mutual hatred and intolerance, in which every individual is right and everyone collectively is to blame,” he said.

Not a single Ukrainian I have spoken with, and there are many who support Zelensky. He promised peace, and then the death toll was 13,000. Today, the real number of deaths from UKRAINIAN sources is 1.1 million. In fact, a local TV news operation reported the real number, and Zelensky again made them take it down as he did with the head of the EU. They suddenly reported it was a typo.  Over 8 million have fled Ukraine. He has foreign bodyguards because he knows there are Ukrainians who would love to kill him, for they have lost family members, livelihood, and property. If your son was dragged off the street, sent into battle, your house has been destroyed, and your son is dead, I do not think any normal person would be cheering Zelensky. Prove his has such overwhelming support with an election. I suspect he will prefer to resign, flee Ukraine, and enjoy the billions he has already stashed offshore rather than have an election that reveals how much he is hated in Ukraine.

The Ukrainian people need to rise up and save their country from total annihilation. Ukraine remains the most corrupt government in the world, and they are selling the Ukrainian people for personal wealth and greed with ZERO remorse for their nation or their people. Ukrainian politicians topped all other countries for corruption and even in the Pandora Papers, 38 Ukrainian politicians have to hide cash offshore – the largest number of corrupt politicians in any other country.

Two of Zelensky’s aides, Boris and Serhiy Shefir, were exposed after it was discovered that people acting on Zelensky’s behalf purchased two yachts worth $75 million. The yachts named “Lucky Me” and “My Legacy” were purchased in Abu Dhabi and Antibes in October 2023. The names alone are an insult to the people. Zelensky has repeatedly fired top-level officials for misusing foreign aid while hiding his own wrongdoings. Zelensky is listed in the Panama Papers, and the fact-checkers try to divert people away from this fact. It was estimated in October 2023 that he had $100 million stashed offshore, which was a conservative estimate as others were claiming the figure to be closer to $850 million.

You see plenty of very expensive cars driving around Monaco and the French Rivera, all with Ukrainian plates. This has many upset for the Ukrainians who seem to be rolling in the cash while Zelensky publicly states that 58% of the money is missing.