During the assault on Bankovaya on the first day of the war, children were with Zelensky/Elena's instagram Zelensky
In the first hours of the war, his wife and children were with Vladimir Zelensky on Bankovaya. The Russians stormed the Office of the President twice.
It became clear that the presidential offices are not the safest place. Zelensky himself spoke about the events of that day in an interview with Time.
There were children during the assault on the checkpoint with Zelensky
Zelensky was informed that Russian strike groups had parachuted into the center of Kyiv and their task was kill or capture him and his family.
Shootouts broke out around the government quarter. The guards turned off the lights and brought body armor and machine guns for Zelensky and a dozen of his assistants.
Russian troops tried to storm twice, Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the President's Office, told the publication.
Zelensky added that at that time his wife and children were there.
Assassination attempts were being prepared on Zelensky
- In the first week of the war, there were at least three assassination attempts on Zelensky . The US and other countries have offered to evacuate the president and his team from Kyiv to help them establish a government-in-exile.
- However, Zelensky refused: “I need ammunition, not shelter.”
- Also Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk said that attempts were being prepared on three more people's deputies.
