Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was involved in a car crash in Kyiv that wounded his driver but left the leader unharmed, the president’s spokesman said Thursday local time.
Serhiy Nikiforov announced in a statement that there were no serious injuries, and the president was cleared after being examined by medics.
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“In Kyiv, a passenger car collided with the car of the President of Ukraine and escort vehicles. The medics accompanying the Head of State provided emergency aid to the car driver and transferred him to an ambulance,” Nikiforov said, as reported by the Ukrainian outlet Facty. “Law enforcement officers will find out all the circumstances of the accident.”
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The crash happened as Zelensky was returning from the newly retaken city of Izyum, in the Kharkiv region where Ukrainian forces have Russia’s invading military on the run in recent days.