President Zelensky and Lachlan Murdoch in Kiev Photo: Press service of the President of Ukraine
Vladimir Zelensky said that he was the target of at least five The assassination attempt, in his opinion, was organized by Vladimir Putin.
The Ukrainian president described how Kyiv received intelligence every time the Russian president planned to invite “another group” to search for him. Mr Zelensky said that after a while the threat became “exactly the same as Covid”.
“The first one is very interesting when it happens for the first time, and then it’s like Covid,” he told The Sun.< /p>
“First of all, people don’t know what to do. with this, and it looks very scary.
“And then, after that, they just share intelligence with you — detailing that another group came to Ukraine to (try) to do this.”
Mr Zelensky revealed details of the attempts on his life during conversations with reporters from The Sun and Fox News and their boss Lachlan Murdoch, who took over control of News Corp and its subsidiaries from Rupert Murdoch, his father, in September. media tycoon.
The Ukrainian president also reportedly accused the Kremlin of helping Hamas launch attacks on Israel and warned that the Ukraine-Russia conflict could escalate into World War III.
The visit by Mr Murdoch, who now controls many of the most influential global media networks, comes as the president calls on journalists to keep Ukraine in the spotlight, and American Republicans and Democrats argue over how much more American money should be sent to the country. Kyiv.
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin also visited the Ukrainian capital on Monday.
President Zelensky and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Photo: SHUTTERSTOCK
According to his website, Mr. Zelensky thanked reporters around the world for supporting and countering Russian disinformation.
“All this time, journalists, cameramen, editors, photographers, drivers have been on the front lines «, he said.
“Since this is a hybrid war, information is also a weapon in the hands of Russia.”
Since this is a hybrid war, information is also a weapon in the hands of Russia.
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“My sincere Condolences to the families and friends of those very brave men and women who gave their lives trying to show what was happening in Ukraine.»
He also renewed his call for Western leaders to fund aid and weapons for Ukraine.
p>“For some reason, people treat this like a movie and expect that there will be no long pauses in events, that the picture before their eyes will always change, that there will be some surprises every day,” Mr. Zelensky said.
< p>“But for us, for our warriors, this is not a movie. It is our life. It's hard work every day. And it won’t end as quickly as we would like, but we have no right to give up and we won’t.”
Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall and The Sun journalist Jerome Starkey spoke with the president in his Kiev office.< /p>
Zelensky awarded Hall the Order of Merit, third class, in recognition of the courageous actions of the British journalist who risked his life to cover Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Hall, 41, was wounded during the war. shelling while covering the conflict near Kiev in March 2022. His colleagues, London-based Pierre Zakshevsky and Ukrainian producer Alexandra Kuvshinova, were killed.
Benjamin Hall was wounded during gunfire during covering the conflict near Kiev in March 2022. Photo: Fox News
Mr Hall was taken to a hospital in Kyiv after the attack and then evacuated to a hospital in Texas.
“To sum it up, I lost half a leg on one side and a foot on the other,” he tweeted at the time.
“One hand is put together, one eye no longer works, and my hearing is pretty bad… but overall I'm pretty darn lucky to be here, and the people who brought me here are amazing.»
< p>He returned to live reporting in January of this year.< /p>
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