Shots fired at a car carrying Ukrainian President Zelenskiy's principal aide in what a senior official called an assassination attempt.
He said he did not know for now who was responsible for the attack, which shocked the country's political elite.
"I don't know yet who stood behind this," said Zelenskiy."Sending me a message by shooting my friend is weakness."Zelenskiy came to power on a promise to take on the country's oligarchs and fight corruption, and Mykhailo Podolyak, one of his advisers, said the assassination attempt could be a result of the campaign against the oligarchs.
"This does not affect that. On the contrary, because the Ukrainian people have given me a mandate for changes."Reuters
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