Russia-Ukraine War Update: Zelenskyy Survives Fatal Car Accident

Ukraine officials have confirmed that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was involved in a car accident in Kyiv, but he was not hurt.

“The president was examined by a doctor, and no serious injuries were found,” Zelenskyy’s spokesperson Serhii Nykyforov said in a Facebook post.

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Nykyforov said medics at the scene of a crash between vehicles carrying President Volodymyr Zelenskyy administered first aid to the driver of the other vehicle after he was injured.”

He did not clarify exactly when the traffic accident occurred.

Earlier, on Wednesday, Zelenskyy visited the city of Izyum days after it was liberated from Russian occupation. He participated in a ceremony to hoist the flag of Ukraine.

Located in the northeastern province of Kharkiv, Izyum lies close to the contested region of Donetsk and had been a strategically key centre for Russian ambitions in the area.

Photos showed the president greeting soldiers who have been part of Ukraine’s rapid counteroffensive that has pushed Russian forces out of several towns and cities.

“We are moving only in one direction — forward and until victory,” Zelenskyy said during his visit.

Meanwhile, on Wednesday, the second day of airstrikes in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region resulted in the de@th of ten people and at least 14 more being injured.

According to emergency workers, about five people passed away during the twin drone strikes in the residential Dagim Amsal neighbourhood of Mekelle.

The Director of Ayder Referral Hospital, Kibrom Gebreselassie confirmed the de@th of five victims who died on the way to the hospital.

He added that some of the victims are in urgent need of major surgery, however, the hospital has no intensive care unit since it has been cut off from outside help.

“I don’t know what to do,” Kibrom said. “Am I to lose every salvageable victim because there is no oxygen or medicine?”

Another doctor at the hospital who was speaking on the condition of anonymity told the Association Press that the de@th toll could climb as more patients reach the hospital.

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The strikes follow a similar drone attack on Mekelle University on Tuesday, which local Tigrayan authorities said caused several injuries and property damage.

The strikes marked the resumption of a conflict that has plagued Ethiopia for two decades. The country’s government was previously one of Africa’s most stable, but it has been in turmoil since 2018.

“The regime in Addis continues to defy any possibility for a peaceful solution through the show of force and air raids,” TPLF spokesperson Kindeya Gebrehiwot said on Twitter following Wednesday’s attacks.