Volodymyr Zelensky, president of Ukraine, said he was the ‘number one target’ for Russian assassins in Kiev, and his wife and young children are ‘number two’. However, with the message: ‘I stay with my people’, he has indicated that he will remain in the Ukrainian capital despite being on the first line of Putin’s list of assassinations with the city under siege.
The president of 44 years would be being chased by Putin’s army of special forces attack dogs with a list of Ukrainian officials to capture or kill who have received the same task in Crimea, Syria and Chechnya in recent years.
Zelensky’s wife, Olena, and their children 17 and 9 years old, they are still in Ukraine, but they are also in hiding, for fear that the Kremlin wants to eliminate or imprison the entire political class in that country. The last time they were seen together was on Valentine’s Day.
Zelensky won a landslide victory in the Ukrainian presidential election in 2019, despite having no political experience and having only worked as a comedian and actor. And now, two years later, he lives in real fear of a possible assassination to put a Putin puppet in his place.
This morning the Ukrainian president was photographed during several phone calls with European leaders, including Boris Johnson, and during the night he addressed a message to the public, urging his fellow citizens to stay strong after the invasion, however, he has not been seen outside for several days, but has been sending several tweets.
His television speech revealed that he was now in a secret bunker instead of the presidential palace in Kiev, and also said that his wife Olena, and their children Aleksandra and Kiril, remain in Ukraine in a secret place.
“I know there is a lot of misinformation and rumors being spread now.” In particular, it is claimed that I left Kiev. I stay in the capital, I stay with my people. My family is not a traitor, but a citizen of Ukraine”, he indicated in his message to the nation and added that he would not reveal his location.
‘According to our information, the enemy marked me as the target number one. My family is target number two. They want to destroy Ukraine politically by destroying the Head of State.’ conflict resolution. The guarantees contributed to his landslide victory.
However, Putin has made no secret of his distaste for Ukraine moving closer to the West, while distancing itself from Russia and its Soviet past.