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Germany: Ukraine conflict – Frankfurt am Main
NEW YORK (77WABC) — United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken revealed that Ukraine’s government has a plan in place if President Volodymyr Zelensky is killed during the Russian invasion.
@SecBlinken told @margbrennan Sunday Ukraine has “plans in place” for continuity of government in the event President Volodymyr Zelensky is killed during Russia’s invasion. pic.twitter.com/4wfV1Dtd5t
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) March 7, 2022
“The Ukrainians have plans in place — that I’m not going to talk about or get into any details on — to make sure that there is what we would call ‘continuity of government’ one way or another,” Blinken said on CBS News’ Face the Nation. “And let me leave it at that.”
Zelensky has survived three assassination attempts by Russian backed groups just last week.
After Blinken’s grim revelation, Florida republican Senator Marco Rubio was criticized for sharing an image of Zelensky during a zoom call, despite being asked not to.
"That call had been widely reported … there were over 300 people on it."
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) explains why he tweeted a photo of a video call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/prEQDAL0lQ
— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) March 6, 2022
“Well first of all, she asked that like 30 minutes into the call after I had already done it,” Rubio said. “The second is, I think she’s under the impression that no one knew that call was happening. That call had been widely reported, the — actually even the specific time had been reported.”
“There are over 300 people on it, all the call details had been emailed, so there’s nothing secure about that call,” he added.
During Saturday’s phone call with U.S. lawmakers, Ukraine’s president urged Americans to send more weapons and to enact a no fly zone over his nation’s borders.
