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> Then, he suspended the next election

No, he didn't do that personally. Ukraine's constitution mandates that elections not be held during times of martial law (i.e. war)

Even if that wasn't a thing, do you think holding elections while bombs are going off is a good idea?

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I think following the constitution is a good thing, even if bombs are falling. I mean, look, people are dying, and yet the country is not just hunkered down in bunkers for the last four years. Life is going on. People are getting up and going to work and coming home and eating dinner and going to bed. Surely they could also go and vote... if the constitution did not say what it says.

I would agree, but Russia has shown that they're not about fair elections in their own country and they've bombed plenty of civilian targets throughout this conflict. I'd assume that Putin would crank up the notch about 10x on all fronts if he knew elections were taking place to make it impossible to have anything resembling a fair process.

It just wouldn’t be possible to have a fair election when a sizeable percentage of the population is living under foreign occupation.

Under occupation, in Europe, and in the army on the frontlines.

It's a difficult thing to achieve even without Russia determined to interfere in the process.

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