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

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.

If you need me to leave this chair, I am ready to do that; and I also can exchange it for NATO membership for Ukraine,” Ukrainian president says.

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

President Zelenskyy condemned the "aerial terror" as he said Ukraine suffered its heaviest drone bombardment of the war overnight.

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,

Comments seemed aimed at suggestions by Trump, Putin that elections be held despite Ukraine legislation prohibiting them during martial law Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday he would be ready to give up the presidency if it brought peace and Nato membership.