Ukrainian PM Offers to Quit After Tape Suggests He Criticized President

Ukrainian PM Offers to Quit After Tape Suggests He Criticized President
Ukraine's Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk during the business forum in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 10, 2019. Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo
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KIEV—Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk offered his resignation on Friday after an audio recording suggested he had criticized the president, but then appeared to indicate that he might keep his job.

President Volodymyr Zelensky would consider the resignation letter later on Friday, the president’s office said.