Russia-Ukraine War: Volodymyr Zelensky’s Car Gets Hit in Scary Collision, Accident Under Investigation

Russia-Ukraine War: Volodymyr Zelensky’s Car Gets Hit in Scary Collision, Accident Under Investigation
Authorities are investigating the incident after passenger car collided with the Ukrainian president's convoy. GENYA SAVILOV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky suffered "no significant injuries" in a vehicle crash in Kyiv on Wednesday, an official statement said.

According to a statement from the president's press secretary, "a car collided with the car of the President of Ukraine and escort vehicles."

The ambulance's driver received emergency care from the doctors traveling with Zelensky, it stated.

"The president was examined by a doctor, no serious injuries were found," the statement added.

Authorities are probing into the incident's circumstances.

In the Ukrainian capital, a passenger car collided with the president's convoy, according to a Facebook post by his spokesperson Sergii Nikiforov.

According to Zelenskyy, the driver of the other car received first assistance from his medical staff before being transported away in an ambulance.

Nikiforov reported that doctors checked the president and found no major wounds, but they provided no more details about the president's precise wounds.

Zelenskyy posted his nightly video message late, maybe as a result of the automobile accident, as he has done throughout the conflict.

Ukraine Moving Towards Victory, Zelensky Claims

Five days after the nation's forces reclaimed the city, Zelensky visited the recently freed Izium in the northeastern part of Kharkiv earlier on Wednesday.

Facebook photos of an army unit show Zelensky at a flag-raising ceremony in the main square. The deputy defense minister, Hanna Maliar, was also present, CNN reported.

In a post on the president's Telegram channel, Zelensky stated: "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."

"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," it added.

Next week, the Ukrainian president wants to deliver a video message to the U.N. General Assembly, but Russia is attempting to prevent it, according to The Hill.

Russians Divided on Ukraine War

In other updates, Karen Shakhnasarov, the director general of Russia's biggest film studio Mosfilm urged the Russian government to "admit" its defeat in the Kharkiv region.
"We need to admit it! Because a defeat is meaningful when you admit to it and draw conclusions from it," he said.

A video from the state-owned television network NTV, in which a former lawmaker claimed the war could not be won, has been widely shared on Twitter.

According to ex-Russian parliamentarian Boris Nadezhdin, Moscow is "now at the point" to realize that "it's absolutely impossible to defeat Ukraine using those resources and colonial war methods with which Russia is trying to fight."

"The Russian army is fighting against a strong army that is fully supported by the most powerful countries in the economic and technological sense," he said.

Meanwhile, a growing number of people are calling for the army to be enlisted in large numbers in Russia.
Gennady Zyuganov, the head of the Communist Party, spoke to the lower chamber of the Russian parliament on Tuesday and claimed that the special military operation had turned into a full-fledged war, per DW.

He said: "War and special operations differ radically. It's easy to stop a special military operation. Even if you wish to, you cannot just end a conflict. You must go all the way."

He further said there are only two outcomes of war: "victory or defeat."

However, the Kremlin quickly shut down any calls for a full-scale mobilization. Dmitry Peskov, President Putin's spokesman, said that this is not on the agenda right now.

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