Defiant President Zelenskyy Posts Message To Prove He's Not Hiding In A Bunker
Topics: Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia, World News
Hannah Smith
Featured Image Credit: Sky News
Topics: Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia, World News
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has shared a video from his office in central Kyiv, declaring he's 'not hiding'.
In the clip, which was posted last night, March 7, Zelenskyy used his phone to film the view from the window of his office, which is located in the Office of the President building on Bankova Street at the heart of Kyiv's government quarter.
He then turned the camera on himself, and spoke defiantly as he walked along a corridor to take a seat at his presidential desk.
'I stay here, I stay in Kyiv, on Bankova Street,' he said. 'I'm not hiding. And I'm not afraid of anyone. As long as it's necessary to win in our patriotic war.'
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His message comes amid continued intelligence reports suggesting Zelenskyy is the subject of multiple threats against his life by Russian special forces and mercenaries tasked with killing him and other key members of government.
Zelenskyy has previously filmed videos outside in Kyiv to counter Russian propaganda claiming he had fled the country, and last week filmed a video from within his office in which he mocked claims that he'd run away, saying, 'We love jogging, but now is not a time for cardio.'
It's not clear whether Zelenskyy has remained in the Bankova Street area throughout the course of the war so far. When foreign journalists were invited to speak with the president last week they spoke of being driven through the government quarter into a network of underground tunnels, where they met Zelenskyy in a bunker. The exact location the meeting took place was not specified.
In his regular addresses to the Ukrainian people, Zelenskyy has stood at a podium behind a blue backdrop featuring the Presidential seal.
Elsewhere in his latest video message, Zelenskyy issued heavy condemnation of Russia's failure to guarantee humanitarian corridors for evacuees fleeing besieged cities, saying those of broke the arrangement were 'not people'.
'There was an agreement on humanitarian corridors, did it work? Russian tanks worked instead. Russian 'Grads'. Russian mines,' he said.
In an unprecedented move, Zelenskyy is set to address British MPs tomorrow in a live address to the House of Commons. The news comes after Zelenskyy made similar speeches to the European Parliament and US members of Congress.
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