Zelenskyy offered a major concession amid escalating tensions and false claims from Trump over the origin of the war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy offered to leave his post if the war with Russia ends and if the U.S. ally gets NATO membership. Michael Bociurkiw, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center,

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday he would quit as Ukraine's head of state in exchange for the country gaining NATO membership. "If there is peace for Ukraine, if you really need me to leave my post, I am ready. ... I can exchange it for NATO ," Zelenskyy told a press conference in Kyiv.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would give up the presidency in exchange for peace and his country's acceptance into NATO, although it was not clear if he was actually considering stepping down.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday he would be ready to give up the presidency if it brought peace and NATO membership.

Zelenskiy also said he wanted to see U.S. President Donald Trump as a partner to Ukraine and more than a simply a mediator between Kyiv and Moscow. "I really want it to be more than just

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he’d step down as president “immediately” if the the country achieved peace in its war with Russia or was given a NATO membership. “If it’s about peace in Ukraine and you really want me to leave my position,

JKyiv: Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday - the eve of the third anniversary of Russia’s war - that he was ready to quit as Ukraine’s president if it meant Kyiv would be admitted to the Nato military alliance.