Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky, claims that Russian troops were on the verge of kidnapping him and his family.

According to the aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russian troops arrived in Kyiv with the intention of capturing the president and his family and were just minutes away on February 24, they were discovered in the early hours of the assault.

According to Zelensky, the military informed him that Russian strike teams had parachuted into Kyiv to kill or capture him and his family.

Yermak told the magazine that it was clear after this that the presidential offices were not the safest place to be.