“We regard this petition as a joke, perhaps even as a ridiculous joke ... such petitions are not the basis for response by ending the presidential powers,” he said.

Earlier it was reported that a petition in support of the initiative to resign Zelensky from the presidency of Ukraine gained the necessary number of signatures for the document to be considered.

On May 20, the elected president of the country, Vladimir Zelensky, officially assumed the office of head of state.