WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed Wednesday that he is “ready” to leave office once Russia’s bloody invasion of his country comes to an end .

“If we finish [the] war with [the] Russians, I’m ready not to go for the second term because it’s not my goal — elections,” Zelensky told Axios in a wide-ranging interview.

“I wanted very much in a very difficult period of time to be with my country, help my country. My goal is to finish the war.” 3

Zelensky, 47, was elected to a five-year term as president in April 2019. The election scheduled for March 2024 has been postponed indefinitely with Ukraine under martial law following the Russian invasion in February 2022.

Some American critics of Zelensky had seized on the postponed elections to accuse Kyiv’s le

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