Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will be ready to step down after the war with Russia is over.

"If we finish the war with the Russians, yes, I am ready not to go (for elections) because it's not my goal, elections," Zelenskiy told the Axios website in a video interview published on Thursday.

"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."

Zelenskiy said he would ask Ukraine's parliament to organise elections if a ceasefire was reached.

A presidential election due in 2024 was suspended in line with martial law, introduced in Ukraine after Russia's full-scale invasion began in February 2022.

Zelenskiy, a former comedian, was elected in 2019.

Russia has repeatedly questioned Zelenskiy's legitimacy as

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