Russia attempts assassination on Zelensky and NATO leader in ballistic missile attack

The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was with a NATO leader in a targeted assassination attempt during a visit to Odessa.

Russia launched a missile strike in Odessa and President Zelensky’s motorcade was some 100 plus metres from the Greek Prime Minister.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, was caught up in a Russian ballistic missile strike at 11.43am on Thursday.

The Greek state minister tavros Papastavrou, who is in the Greek mission, said: “There is no issue with the security of the Prime Minister and the Greek mission. We are all fine.”

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Zelensky was not injured and their meeting took place, the press conference was not broadcast live amid security reasons.

Mitsotakis wrote on Telegram, “President Zelensky and his staff showed and explained to us the importance of the port and what is being done to restore and strengthen the Ukrainian sea route and what damage he experienced during the attacks.

“Already at the very end we heard the sound of sirens and explosions that were very close to us.”

Mitsotakis added, that it is one thing to hear and discuss war, but it is “quite another to experience war firsthand.”

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called it a “vile attack” whilst the Greek Prime Minister was visiting, this is a “new attempt at terror” by Moscow.

Navy spokesman Captain Dmytro Pletenchuk, speaking to Ukrainian Pravda, said, “On March 6, the enemy struck the port infrastructure of the city. Five people were killed.

“Investigations are underway, all the circumstances of yet another war crime of the Russian Federation are being established.”

President Zelensky posted on X, “Today in Odesa, Greek Prime MinisterKyriakos Mitsotakis and I paid tribute to those killed on March 2 as a result of the Russian ‘Shahed’ strike on a nine-story residential building.”