Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Walks Back One-Term-President Pledge
Volodymyr Zelensky holds a press conference marking his first year in office at Mariinsky Palace in Kiev, on May 20.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who campaigned on a promise to lead for just one term, said he’d consider a second as the challenges facing his country have grown.
“I’ll think about a second term,” Zelenskiy told a news conference Wednesday in Kyiv marking his first year in the job. “One term won’t be enough to complete the whole list” of tasks that have emerged.