President Zelensky stands firm against Putin with vow to ‘stay with his people’ in Ukrainian capital despite Russian kill squads that are hunting for him and his family

  • Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, on Thursday night published to social media a video of him addressing the nation from his bunker
  • Zelensky, a former TV comedian, said that he had been told there were Russian special forces in Kyiv hunting him down
  • He said his family were the second target on the ‘kill list’ issued by Moscow for senior Ukrainian government officials 
  • Zelensky praised the heroism of his citizens, urged resilience, and pleaded once more with the West to help his country
  • The 44-year-old said that Ukraine had been left to fend for itself and face the Russian invasion alone
  • It was claimed a squad of Chechen special forces ‘hunters’ has been unleashed in Ukraine to detain or kill specific Ukrainian officialsÂ