Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the choice of Ukraine’s next leader rests with its people, proposing a 60-day total ceasefire with Russia to allow the country to organise elections following US President Donald Trump’s call for new leadership in Kyiv.
(FILES) (COMBO) This combination of pictures created shows US President Donald Trump (L) and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI and Tetiana DZHAFAROVA / AFP)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country could hold elections if Russia agreed to a 60-day total ceasefire, pushing back against US counterpart Donald Trump’s call for Ukraine to pick a new leader.
“First of all, with all respect to President Trump, it’s up to our society, up to our people to choose one or another leader,” Zelensky told ABC News in a televised interview on Sunday, a day after Trump said Ukraine needed a new president who would agree to end the war.
Zelensky said he told Trump’s team that if they really wanted Ukraine to hold elections, “please tell Putin to give us two months, 60 days of total ceasefire, 60 days, and we will organise elections.”
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