Volodymyr Zelensky has offered to step down as president of Ukraine in exchange for securing a membership to Nato in his latest attempt to end Russia’s three-year bloodshed.
‘Yes, I am happy, if it is for the peace of Ukraine,’ said the leader, who was democratically elected in May 2019.
‘If you need me to leave this chair, then I am ready to do that. I also can exchange it for Nato membership for Ukraine.’
It comes after Donald Trump called Zelensky a ‘dictator without elections’ earlier in the week, all the while cozying up to Vladimir Putin who has been in power in Russia for 25 years.
Talks about Ukraine’s long-delayed elections have only ramped up since the start of the year despite the ongoing martial law prohibiting them.
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