KYIV-(MaraviPost)-Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has survived a car crash after his vehicle got struck by another car in Kyiv just hours after vowing to march “forward to victory”.
Volodymyr Zelensky’s press secretary Sergii Nykyforov confirmed the news adding that Zelensky was not seriously injured.
“In Kyiv, a car collided with the car of the President of Ukraine and escort vehicles. The doctors accompanying the head of state provided the driver of the car with emergency assistance.
“The President was examined by a doctor, no serious injuries were found. Law enforcement officers will find out all the circumstances of the accident,” said Sergii Nykyforov in a statement.
According to Reuters, Zelenskiy’s driver was however injured following the accident and he had been given emergency aid on the scene before he was rushed to the hospital.
Law enforcement officials have disclosed that investigation into the incident has been launched to establish all circumstances that led to the incident.
This comes after the 44-year-old heroic president visited the recaptured city of Izyum, a key logistics hub in north-eastern Ukraine, on Wednesday where he oversaw a flag-raising ceremony following the swift counter-attack against Russian occupiers.
In recent days, Ukraine’s army has reclaimed swathes of occupied territory, forcing Russian troops to retreat.
It has been nearly 7 months since Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022 in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War that began in 2014.
The invasion has led to Europe’s largest refugee crisis since World War II, with over 7.2 million Ukrainians fleeing the country and a third of the population displaced.