Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday he tested positive for coronavirus.

Two people initially survived the crash, but one later died in a hospital. No cause for the crash has been determined.

Ukrainian, Russian and OSCE negotiators agreed on a full ceasefire between government forces and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine from late July, putting on hold the military conflict that claimed more than 13,000 lives since 2014.

In a speech to lawmakers before the vote, Zelenskiy took aim at Honcharuk for failing to halt an industrial slump and for not meeting tax collection targets.

"If in five years, we will end the war, bring our people back, then I did (became president) for a reason," he said.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy acknowledged the recording’s authenticity in a report aired by a Ukrainian television channel on Sunday night.

In the leaked recording, Oleksiy Honcharuk called Volodymyr Zelenskiy "a layman'' in economics and said the president should be better educated about the national currency.

Macron told Zelenskiy in a telephone call that France had started a formal procedure to launch an international investigation into the crash, Zelenskiy's office said in a statement, adding that Macron had agreed to visit Kiev.

Russia ships about 40 per cent of its European gas deliveries through pipelines that cross Ukraine.

As the Senate weighs options for a trial, Pompeo will depart Thursday on a five-nation tour of Europe and Central Asia. Ukraine will be the first stop on the trip, the State Department said Monday.