{"id":803287,"date":"2021-09-22T17:59:41","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T21:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=803287"},"modified":"2021-09-22T17:59:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T21:59:49","slug":"ukrainian-president-senior-aide-survives-assassination-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukrainian-president-senior-aide-survives-assassination-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian president senior aide survives assassination attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fukrainian-president-senior-aide-survives-assassination-attempt%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=803287&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2527733\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2527733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police examine the car after an apparent assassination attempt against Serhiy Shefir, a top adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, on September 22, 2021 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 2:16 PM PT \u2013 Wednesday, September 22, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The senior aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky survived what officials have called an assassination attempt. In a statement on Wednesday, Zelensky said the car of his top aide was shot at early in the morning when nearly 10 bullets struck the vehicle in Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>The aide was not hit by a bullet, but the driver of the vehicle was and has been recovering in the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSerhiy is alive, his driver unfortunately is injured and hospitalized,\u201d he stated. \u201cThe police are working on the site and a manhunt has been launched.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky, who learned of the news on his trip in New York for the U.N. General Assembly, said he didn\u2019t know who was behind the attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho is behind this? Frankly, I do not know,\u201d he explained. \u201cWhat are these powers? It could be internal, maybe external.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2527734\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2527734\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2527734 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1341843712-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Police examine the car after an apparent assassination attempt against Serhiy Shefir, a top adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, on September 22, 2021 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman\/Getty Images)\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2527734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police examine the car after an apparent assassination attempt against Serhiy Shefir, a top adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, on September 22, 2021 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The head of the president\u2019s political party said Russia could be behind the attack, but Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov immediately shot down those accusations by saying they had nothing to do with the attempt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, in our time in Ukraine, no matter what happens, none of the current politicians, to our regret, is able to exclude the Russian trace,\u201d he expressed. \u201cOf course, this has nothing to do with reality, it is rather a sign of an overly excited emotional state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Russia said they weren\u2019t behind the assault, Zelensky warned those who were by saying the attempt was a \u201cweakness,\u201d but Ukraine\u2019s response would be \u201cstrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/joe-biden-says-u-s-is-committed-to-preventing-nuclear-proliferation\/\">Joe Biden Says U.S. Is Committed To Preventing Nuclear Proliferation<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police examine the car after an apparent assassination attempt against Serhiy Shefir, a top adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, on September 22, 2021 in Kyiv, Ukraine. 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