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| Ukraine investigates how and why a private vehicle crashed into Zelensky's presidential convoy |
Ukraine investigates how and why a private vehicle crashed into Zelensky's presidential convoy
The president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, has been involved in a traffic accident on Wednesday in the streets of the capital, Kyiv when he was returning from the city of Izyum, although he has no serious injuries.
Where was the president of Ukraine?
The President of Ukraine, Volodímir Zelensky, was returning this Wednesday from the city of Izyum, which served as a base for Russian troops in Kharkiv, in the northwest of the country, and was retaken as part of the Ukrainian counteroffensive in that region. The Ukrainian leader has only left Kyiv a few times since the Russian invasion. Zelensky participated in a ceremony in which the Ukrainian flag was raised in Izium and congratulated soldiers who had taken part in the liberation. And at that moment explosions were heard, without anyone showing any sign of panic.
How was the accident?
The spokesman for the Ukrainian president, Sergei Nikiforov, has detailed in a statement on Facebook that a "private" vehicle has crashed into the presidential convoy at dawn. The Ukrainian Police are in charge of investigating the circumstances of the accident.
Zelensky receives medical assistance
Doctors accompanying the Ukrainian president provided emergency aid to the driver of the car before he was taken to a hospital by ambulance. The president was also examined by a doctor, but "no serious injuries were found", it has been reported.
The president gives his speech
The incident did not prevent the Ukrainian president from giving his usual nightly televised speech, the video of which was published shortly after the accident, Zelensky said he had just returned from the area around Kharkiv and added that "almost the entire region is unoccupied" after a lightning counteroffensive. to dislodge Russian troops. It was an unprecedented move by our soldiers: the Ukrainians once again managed to do what many thoughts were impossible," he said.
Images on social networks
Some local agencies and publications on social networks have shown the first images of the accident site. They are photographs taken by eyewitnesses that show police, fire, and ambulance vehicles on one of the streets of the Ukrainian capital that has not been identified by the authorities.
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