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President Volodyymyr Zenskyy has suggested that he is ready to resign from office once the Russian war in Ukraine ends.
Duration An interview with Axios on Wednesday, the Ukrainian leader also maintained his main approach continues to achieve peace instead of ensuring another term.
“My goal is to end the war,” Zenskyy told Barak Ravid in the Axios show after his speech before the United Nations General Assembly in New York and before returning to kyiv.
When it was notified if Ukraine would keep the elections duration of a fire, Zenskyy was firm.
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“So, do you commit that if tomorrow, President Putin agrees for a high fire, six months, whatever advances to go to elections in Ukraine?” Ravid asked. “Yes,” Zenskyy replied.
When asked if he imagined Ukraine leading in peace times, Zenskyy again suggested his intention to set aside once the war is won.
“If we finish the war with Russia? Yes,” said Zenskyy, before clarifying that the elections were not their personal ambition.
“It’s not my goal, elections,” he explained. “I want it, in a very difficult period of time, being with my country, helping my country. Yes, that’s what I wanted. My goal is to end the war,” he said.
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The comments of the Ukrainian leader occur when his country is under martial law, imposed since Russia’s large -scale invasion began in February 2022.
According to martial law, elections cannot be held.
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Zenskyy, first chosen in 2019 in a landslide, would have seen its five -year end in May 2024 if the war with Russia would not have begun.
Now Zenskyy has been in office for about six years, which is beyond his original mandate.
Fox News Digital has communicated with the Volodymyr Zenskyy office to comment.