Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska and her children she shares with husband President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are feared to be on a Russian hit list.
The mum has bravely voiced her stance on staying put in war-torn Ukraine as she continues to support her husband who has been dubbed a hero for his efforts to fight Putin's troops.
It comes after Zelenskyy turned down an offer from the US to be evacuated with his family as he vowed to stay with his people despite numerous assassination attempts."The enemy has marked me as target number one, my family as target number two," he previously said in a video while standing on the streets of Kyiv."They want to destroy Ukraine politically by destroying the head of the state."Ukraine's government said Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov ordered an elite squad to assassinate the president earlier this month, reports ABC.
They warned that this was one of many plots to murder Mr Zelenskyy.His wife and their daughter Sasha, 17, son Kyrylo, 9, are currently hiding in a secret bunker in the besieged nation.Shortly after the full-scale invasion was launched, Ms Zelenska wrote on Instagram: "I will not have panic and tears."I will be calm and confident.
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