"I don't think he deserves any respite," says Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Zelensky's currency gamble came on Sunday after US President Donald Trump criticized him and said that Ukraine "should get a new president."
On Monday, Russia announced that it could agree to a one-day ceasefire so that Ukraine could hold a presidential election.
If they really want to hold elections in Kyiv, the Russian president, the commander-in-chief, is prepared to give orders not to carry out any attacks on Ukraine on election day - specifically on election day itself, says Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
