A senior adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was the target of an assassination attempt, authorities said Wednesday, adding to a host of challenges facing the country’s leader at home and abroad
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Serhiy Shefir, a former producer of Mr. Zelensky’s comedy show before he became president, escaped unharmed, but his driver was wounded and is currently hospitalized after more than 10 bullets hit the car, police said. Investigators are probing the case as an attempted murder, officials said.
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