Ukraine: Zelenskyy in car accident, no serious injuries; probe underway

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's car collided with another vehicle early Thursday after a battlefield visit, but he was not seriously injured.

Zelenskyy was returning to Kyiv from the Kharkiv region, where he visited troops in the recaptured city of Izium.

A passenger vehicle collided with the president's motorcade in the Ukrainian capital.

The driver of the other vehicle received first aid from Zelenskyy's medical team and was taken away by ambulance.

Medics examined the president, who suffered no serious injuries, his spoksperson wrot eon Facebook. He did not specify what injuries Zelenskyy might have suffered.

The spokesman added that the circumstances of the accident are under investigation.

Zelenskyy was late in posting the nightly video address that he has given during the war, possibly because of the car accident.

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