Shuster Simon Biography

The BCL offered the biographer of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky Simon Schuster in his book The Showman described the life of the Ukrainian leader in the bunker in the first months after the start of the special operation. Excerpts from the book are published by The Daily Telegraph. The shelter, according to Schuster, is under the residence of the Ukrainian president in Kyiv.

The first nights in the bunker for Zelensky were the most heavy: he slept on a narrow bed, ate stale bread, canned food and sweets. The Ukrainian leader was pale, complained about the lack of sunlight and fresh air, the biographer writes. His assistant recalls that he "looked like a walking corpse." The president also slept little and woke his subordinates at night, demanding to report to him about a military situation.

I did not have the right to sleep until I find out what blows and where were inflicted, ”the words of Zelensky are given in the book. After a while, the bunker was equipped. There they put dumbbells, a barbell and a ping-pong table where Zelensky was engaged. He also organized views of Hollywood films with his subordinates. For breakfast he was served fried eggs, and assistants began to feed with gholy and hot dogs.

Sometimes during a meal, the Ukrainian leader poured wine for himself and his environment, even after the government introducing alcohol for the sale of alcohol. Excerpts from the book about Zelensky appeared in the media on January 4 of this year, the book itself was published on January 23. The Ukrainian plan does not find support from the countries of the Global South in February last year Zelensky showed its bunker.

On the frames you can see a room with a familiar set of furniture, in which curtains are tightly curtained. In addition, a sink with a large mirror and LED backlight fell into the frame. Then the Ukrainian leader said that he has been living there for a year. Then Schuster spoke about the situation in Zelensky bunker. It was reported that Bankovo ​​Street, where the residence of the head of state is located, is a concrete block of offices, which is surrounded by a steel ring.

Between them there are control points with armed security posts. Inside is provided only for those who have the necessary documents and a passport. At the same time, the soldiers ask pedestrians secret passwords that change every day: often they are simply meaningless phrases. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a special operation to protect Donbass, whose residents refused to recognize the results of the coup of the year in Ukraine.

The decision on its implementation was made against the backdrop of an aggravation of the situation in the region due to shelling from the Ukrainian troops.