According to a media report, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s troops came very close to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zhelensky and his family on the first day of the war of aggression. This was stated by a reporter named Simon Schuster Cover story of the new “Time” magazineFor this he went with Zelenskyj in his daily wartime life for two weeks in April.
Reports of repulsed attacks on Zelenskyy began shortly after the start of the war. But Oleksiy Arestovych, an aide to the president who now serves in Ukraine’s military intelligence service, told the newspaper on February 24 that Russian troops had tried to kill or arrest Zelenskyy and his family.
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Ukrainian armed forces have reportedly thwarted two Russian attempts to blockade the presidential office on Bangova Street in the center of the government district.
Declared ‘Purpose # 1’
Zhelensky stayed on Bangova Street until the last. According to Zhelensky, his wife, 17-year-old daughter and nine-year-old son were there on February 24, but later left the city center. “According to our information, the enemy declared me Target No. 1 and my family Target No. 2,” Zhelensky said in one of the first days of the war.
On the first day of the war, the Ukrainian president said he heard gunshots from Russian troops even in his office. According to the Time Report, while Ukrainian forces were repelling Russian attacks in Kiev, the president’s bodyguards tried to blockade the president’s office on Bangova Street.
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In addition to Selensky and his family, the families of his staff, including the Speaker of the Ukrainian parliament Ruslan Stephensk, were on site. The one who is responsible if Zhelensky can not really rule.
Selenskyj turned down the chance to escape
As the gun battle continued into the night of February 25, near the president’s office, Gelensky’s bodyguards reportedly turned off the lights, brought in bulletproof vests, and handed out assault rifles to the president and other top politicians. According to Time, some of them know how to use guns.
The next day Zelenskyy rejected both the US proposal to flee to Poland and the possibility of being taken to a bunker outside Kiev. The next night he filmed the video in front of the president’s office with his close advisers, which went around the world.
Gelensky’s bodyguards instructed him to leave the president’s office precisely because the president’s office on Bangova Street was surrounded by residential buildings. From there, the Russian snipers would have had the opportunity to target Zhelensky. According to a Time report, grenades thrown from homes could enter the building through windows as some houses are very close to the president’s office.
In early March, there was already talk of failed attacks on Zelenskyi: in addition to special forces led by Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, Russian Wagner group mercenaries are said to have attempted the attacks. The magazine initially reported that a total of three attempts had failed The war in Ukraine.
So Wagner’s mercenaries have to wait for the Russian special unit “Spetsnaz” as they build a safe corridor from Kiev to escape after the assassination attempt. They carried out attacks during the Kiev storm, which would have given them enough distraction. However, the Russian military convoy made little progress in front of the city – which is why the plan failed.
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