It is now six years since an election was held in Ukraine, so President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s term has expired. In normal times he would have gone to the voter for a new verdict. The reason he has not is the war Russia declared on Ukraine in February 2022. While presidential elections should have been held early this year, and parliamentary elections around this time last year, the existence of martial law means that such a procedure would be unlawful. But an administration’s life