Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky stated in a current interview that Russian troops got here very near shooting him and his family. He made the revelation whilst speakme to Time magazine, whilst recalling the extreme early days of the Ukraine war.
Russian President Vladimir Putin introduced the invasion on February 24, and Zelensky recalled from the recollections that exist “in a fragmented way” what took place that day.
One of the maximum shiny recollections, the President stated withinside the interview, is he and his spouse Olena Zelenska waking up their 17-year-antique daughter and 9-year-antique son to inform them that the bombing had begun.
“It become loud. There had been explosions over there,” Zelensky stated.
Soon it have become obvious that Zelensky become a goal and presidential places of work had been now no longer the most secure vicinity to be. The President stated he become knowledgeable that a Russian strike groups had parachuted into Kyiv to kill or seize him and his family.
“Before that night time, we had most effective ever visible such matters withinside the movies,” Andriy Yermak, Zelensky’s leader of staff, informed Time detailing how the presidential protect tried to steady the compound.
A gate on the rear front become blocked with a pile of police barricades and plywood boards, reminiscent of a mound of junkyard scrap greater than a fortification.
On the primary night time of the Russian attack, the lighting fixtures had been became off and guards withinside the compound delivered bulletproof vests and attack rifles for Zelensky and his aides.
Oleksiy Arestovych, a veteran of Ukraine’s navy intelligence service, stated the scene become “madhouse”, and referred to that Russian troops tried to hurricane the compound two times whilst Zelensky’s spouse and youngsters had been nonetheless in there.
The Ukrainian chief is praised globally for his braveness amid the Russian attack. Zelensky refused US provide to go away the country, vowing to live again and fight.
