A top aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was targeted by a volley of gunfire on Wednesday during an apparent assassination attempt, authorities said. A statement released by national police confirmed more than 10 bullets were fired at the vehicle of Serhiy Shefir at about 10 a.m. near the village of Lesnyky, several miles outside the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. The 57-year-old senior official survived the heavy gunfire unscathed, although police said the driver of the vehicle had been wounded. Shefir is a long-term friend and the first assistant of Zelensky. Shefir said during a joint news briefing with police and Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky that he believes the attack against him was designed to scare the Ukrainian leadership. “I have not conducted any cases that would have caused aggression. I think this is intimidation,” Shefir said, adding that he is confident the incident “won’t frighten the president.” Zelensky, who currently remains in New …
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