Man fatally shot during assassination attempt in Ukrainian village

Serhiy Shefir told Ukrainian police that the vehicle he was traveling in came under fire at 9 a.m. in Lisnyky village of Lisnyky with more than 10 bullets hitting the vehicle. The driver of the car was injured.

The Special Police operation is underway to search for the perpetrators and police are appealing for information about the circumstances of the assassination attempt on the lives of two Ukrainian citizens. Zelensky, who is in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, said he did not know for now who was responsible for the attack, which shocked the country's political elite.

I don't know who stood behind this? Shooting me a message by sending my friend is weakness. A politician from Zelensky's ruling party, Shefir, told Ukrinform state news agency that David Arahamiya was in a state of shock but not injured. He says that the car was shot at, but the driver was hit The car was shot with an automatic weapon as far as I know. The driver was hospitalized three gunshot wounds and he received the wound, Arahamiya said. Mykhailo Podoliak, an adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, told Ukrinform that the incident could not be seen as anything other than a deliberate attempt to kill a key member of the team. It is evident that this open, deliberate and extremely brutal attack with the use of rapid weapons cannot be qualified other than an attempt to demonstratively kill a key member of the team, Podoliak said. A photo published by the Ukrainian Interior Ministry press office shows the bullet impacts on vehicle. While authorities have not yet determined who is responsible or motive, Podoliak said it could be connected to policies designed at reducing traditional influence of oligarchs. I will add at once that we certainly associate this attack with an active campaign against aggressive and even militant policy of the head of state, Podoliak added.