“We woke the kids & # 8230; “There were explosions,” Zelensky said. “Attempt to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.”, did the Russians, at the beginning of the war according to Time magazine . According to the journalist Simon Schuster , who accompanied the Ukrainian president in his daily life – in time of war – for two weeks in April, the troops of Russian President Vladimir Putin were very close to Zelensky and his family. on the first day of the war, as they attempted to invade the government building .
“When these first hours of the invasion of Ukraine were mentioned in our interview, Zelensky warned me that the memories are 'fragmentary' in his mind.” , writes the journalist. One of his most vivid memories was before sunrise on February 24, when he and his wife Olena Zelenska went to tell their children that the bombing had begun and to prepare them to leave their home. Their daughter is 17 years old and their son is 9 years old, both old enough to realize they were in danger. his eyes turned inward. “It was loud. “There were explosions over there.” It soon became clear that the presidential offices were not the safest place to be. The army informed Zelensky that Russian strike teams had parachuted into Kyiv to kill or arrest him and his family.
“Before that night, we only saw things like that in the movies,” said Andriy Yermak, the president's chief of staff. The cover photo of the magazine was taken on April 19 in Kyiv, with Zelensky appearing in a black-and-white photo taken by Alexander Tsekmenev ./p>
According to the magazine, the nights are more difficult, with the president lying down, while the sirens from the air raid are ringing in his ears and the phone is ringing next to him. “His screen makes his face look like a ghost in the dark, his eyes scan messages he did not have the opportunity to read during the day. “Some of his wife and children, several of his advisers, a few of his troops, surrounded their shelters and asked him again and again for more weapons to break the Russian siege.”
« Inside his shelter, the president has a habit of looking at the daily agenda even when the day is over. He wakes up and wonders if he lost something, if he forgot something “. Zelensky argues that it is not stress that prevents him from sleeping. “My conscience bothers me,” he says, as bombs continue to fall on parts of Ukraine.. “Civilians are still trapped underground or in ruins. The Russians continue to commit war crimes, rape and torture. Their bombs level entire cities, “the report said.” In the midst of all this, Zelensky, the comedian who became president, must keep loyal citizens and convince foreign leaders that his country needs their help right now, at any cost. “
“Currently does not know how to end the war or how history will describe its place in it. All he knows at the moment is that Ukraine needs a president in time of war. And this is the role he intends to play “ concludes the article.
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