Kiev is displaying increasing authoritarian tendencies, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said The Ukrainian leadership is attempting to cling to power by prolonging martial law in the country and removing the possibility of elections in the near future, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. Earlier this week, the Ukrainian parliament extended martial law by another 90 days, ruling out any chance of a new presidential election being held within that time frame. Vladimir Zelensky’s term as