Volodymyr Zelensky has said that he was ready to quit as Ukraine’s president if it meant Ukraine would be admitted to the NATO military alliance.
Mr Zelensky has faced fierce criticism from the new US administration and said he wants to meet Donald Trump before the US President meets his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
President Zelensky has been calling for Ukraine to be given NATO membership as part of any deal to end the war, but the Washington-led alliance has been reluctant to make a pledge.
“If there is peace for Ukraine, if you really need me to leave my post, I am ready. … I can exchange it for NATO,” Mr Zelensky told a Kyiv press conference,…