Volodymyr Zelensky’s motorcade was struck by a cars and truck in Kyiv however the president has actually gotten away severe injury.
The Ukrainian leader had actually simply checked out the freshly freed city of Izium in Kharkiv, and was taking a trip back through the capital when a chauffeur crashed into his cars and truck and escort automobiles.
He was provided the all clear by his medic group who offered the chauffeur emergency situation help and moved him to an ambulance.
Footage from the scene reveals a mangled VW and particles scattered over the roadway, while the chauffeur is addressed.
An examination has actually been released into the event, which comes amidst reports declaring Vladimir Putin’s limousine was ‘attacked in an assasination attempt’.
Earlier on Wednesday, Zelensky commemorated his soldiers in Izium after they triumphantly regained the city from Russia.
The Ukrainian president sang the nationwide anthem and was photographed raising his nation’s flag throughout an event in the primary square.
‘Earlier, when we looked up, we always looked for the blue sky. Today, when we look up, we are looking for only one thing – the flag of Ukraine,’ Zelensky stated on Telegram.
‘Our blue-yellow flag is already flying in the de-occupied Izium. And it will be so in every Ukrainian city and village. We are moving in only one direction – forward and towards victory.’
Izium continual significant damage after 6 months under Russian profession.
A big hole and debris were all that was left where one structure as soon as stood.
‘The view is very shocking, but it is not shocking for me because we began to see the same pictures from Bucha, from the first de-occupied territories,’ Zelensky informed press reporters.
‘The same destroyed buildings, killed people.’
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