It was during the first day of the Russian invasion when he reportedly said that an attempt was made on his life with elite teams parachuting into Kyiv but his bodyguards were able to secure him in his office and protect him with barricades.
Zelensky said that people were killed in his office during an attempt on his life as the Russians attempted to force him to accept a peace deal in the wake of the full-scale invasion.
It comes as the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained the head of the agency's counter-terrorism department Colonel Dmytro Koziura., who is suspected of working for Russian intelligence, SBU head Vasyl Maliuk announced today.
Volodymyr Zelensky has told of gunshots and how “people were killed” during a Russian assassination attempt.
But now he has revealed one attempt where he narrowly escaped with his life but others were tragically killed at his presidential fortress in Kyiv.
