弗拉基米尔·泽伦斯基证实，由于乌克兰实施戒严，他的乌克兰总统任期将继续。 据《乌克兰新闻报》报道，泽伦斯基在接受路透社采访时发表了讲话， “我的五年任期还没有结束。由于戒严令，任期仍在继续。” 总统补充说，他很高兴“他是这样人民的总统，他们没有背弃，没有逃跑，而是捍卫他们所能捍卫的一切。” 弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基强调，“独立不是不经过考验就能实现的。令人遗憾的是，独立受到如此挑战。”据《乌克兰通讯社》此前报道，乌克兰总统泽连斯基任期的合法性由乌克兰宪法和戒严法律制度法确定，因此5月20日之后没有法律依据怀疑总统的合法性。 最高拉达主席鲁斯兰·斯特凡丘克表示，下一届总统选举将在戒严令解除后60天内举行。

Zelensky spoke in an interview with Reuters, Ukrinform reports.

“My five years are not over yet. They continue due to martial law,” Zelensky noted.

The president added he wass glad that “he is the President of such a people who did not turn their back, did not run anywhere, but defended everything they could.”

“Independence doesn’t just happen without trials. It’s a shame that they are so challenging,” Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, the legitimacy of the tenure of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky is determined by the Constitution of Ukraine and the Law on the legal regime of martial law, so there are no legal grounds to doubt the president’s legitimacy after May 20.

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Stefanchuk, stated that the next presidential elections would be held within a 60-day period after martial law is lifted.