President Zelensky has survived ‘more than a dozen’ assassination attempts since the start of the Ukraine war, according to his official aide.
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Volodymyr Zelensky has previously acknowledged he is Vladimir Putin’s ‘number one target’ and Kyiv is thought to be teaming with hitmen sent to take him out. 
The 44-year-old leader has defiantly refused to leave the capital, even taunting the aggressor with videos in the street and winking to the camera.
And last week it was reported Western intelligence agencies believe there have been three foiled attempts on his life by Russian proxies.
But the president’s aide, Mikhail Podolyak, said the number of attempts to kill him have been much higher.
He told Pravda.com.ua: ‘Our foreign partners are talking about two or three attempts – I believe that there were more than a dozen such attempts.’
Mr Podolyak said the government has ‘operational information’ about Russian attempts to kill the president via its ‘very powerful network of intelligence and counterintelligence’.
He also said hit squads are ‘still being eliminated’ as more information comes to light.
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