Zelensky hints at staying in power | 1 Feb 2026 | Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has suggested he may seek another term as president, while his government has moved to extend martial law and general mobilization for another three months, again preventing national elections. In a wide-ranging interview with Czech public broadcaster Cesky rozhlas, published on Friday, Zelensky was asked whether he would seek another term. “I don’t know. It depends on how this war ends.” Pressed on whether he had thought about running again, he added, “Sometimes I do.” The comments came as Ukraine’s parliament approved Zelensky’s bills in January to extend martial law and general mobilization for another 90 days, running from early February until May and again barring elections. Critics say the repeated extensions have kept Zelensky in power beyond his term, which expired in May 2024. Moscow has called him “illegitimate,” while U.S. President Donald Trump last year branded him “a dictator without elections.”