Zelensky vows ‘strong response’ after attack on aide
5 years ago(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 19, 2019 Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky (C) and his wife Olena together with members of his crew react during a presidential election debate with Ukraine's current President at The Olympic Stadium in Kiev, with the chief aide to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, Sergei Shefir is pictured on the right. - The chief aide to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky was targeted in an assassination attempt on September 22, 2021 when his car came under fire, an official said. "Today at around 10 am, near the village of Lesniki, the car of the president's chief aide Sergei Shefir came under fire," an advisor to the country's interior minister, Anton Gerashchenko, said on Facebook. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday promised a "strong response" after gunmen opened fire on a car carrying his senior aide, in what officials said was retaliation for a push to rein in oligarchs.
