LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday he had asked Ukraine's government to ease tax pressure on small and medium-sized businesses because of his country's war with Russia.

       "The economic suppression of Ukraine is one of the war's aims," Zelenskiy said in a video address. He said he had told the government "to relax taxes as much as possible, to remove all difficulties, absolutely everything".

       (Reporting by Natalia Zinets, Writing by Alessandra Prentice, Editing by Timothy Heritage)