Zelenskyy's aides had a train ready for him to escape on in February 2022, a new book says.
Zelenskyy refused to use the train and defiantly stayed to lead Ukraine's defense against Russia.
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AdvertisementAt the outbreak of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's security service kept a train idling in Kyiv to enable a quick escape out of the city, according to a new biography.
Ukraine's then-defense minister, Oleksiy Reznikov, said that Russia was trying to make Zelenskyy panic and run, according to Shuster.
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