Amid’s Russia’s attack, Ukraine’s President Zelensky rejected US Offer

In the midst of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Zelensky has refused a US offer.

The United States offered to remove Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky from Kyiv, the country’s capital, but he declined.

“The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride,” Zelensky said, The Associated Press reported, citing a senior American intelligence official with direct knowledge of the conversation.

According to this online news outlet, Ukraine’s 44-year-old President Zelensky elected to stay in Kiev as Russian soldiers took the war to the city streets, where gunshots and explosions were heard overnight Friday and Saturday.

President Zelensky of besieged Ukraine stated his family had been evacuated to safety.

“I am staying in the government quarters together with others,” Zelensky said in a video address early on Friday. “The enemy has designated me as target number one, and my family as target number two.”

Ukraine President Zelensky addressed his countrymen again on Friday night, telling them to brace for an overnight assault and urging unity and strength.

“The fate of Ukraine is being decided right now,” Zelensky said in the video. “This night will be very difficult, and the enemy will use all available forces to break the resistance of Ukrainians.”

“We can’t lose the capital,” he added, emphatically.

According to US defense sources, Zelensky, a former actor and comedian, has spearheaded a significant defense against the Russian assault thus far, slowing down the Russian advance. However, there are concerns that this might swiftly alter.

Russian troops invaded Kyiv from all sides, engulfing the 2.8 million-strong city.

“Active battle” was taking place in Kyiv, according to the Ukrainian Armed Soldiers, as Russian forces attempted to make their way into the city center and were met with fierce opposition from Ukrainian fighters.

Hundreds of people have died as a result of severe combat both inside and outside the city, but officials say Ukrainian forces appear to have controlled the capital as of early Saturday.

“We are stopping the horde as best as we can, the situation in Kyiv is under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and our citizens,” Security Council Secretary Danilov said on Saturday morning, according to the Kyiv Independent.

Ukraine President Zelensky also posted another video address from Kyiv on Saturday morning, February 26, 2022, in which he vowed to defend his country.

“There’s a lot of fake information online that I call on our army to lay down arms, and that there’s evacuation,” he said, according to a translation by the Kyiv Independent.

“I’m here. We won’t lay down our arms. We will defend our state.”