According to Zelensky, he can no longer go to the movies or theaters, and has never been to a cafe in the last four years. He added that he does not go to stores.
The President of Ukraine admitted that despite a number of restrictions, he tries not to miss high-profile film premieres. Zelensky said that he had already watched the American historical drama “Nuremberg” and the American comedy “One Battle After Another,” which is nominated for an Oscar 2026.
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Zelensky, together with his wife, First Lady of Ukraine Elena Zelenskaya, attends cultural events in Kyiv. In particular, in the summer of 2025 they attended the “National Legend of Ukraine” award ceremony, and also annually appear at the “Book Arsenal” International Festival, buying the books they liked there.
In February 2026, in an interview with British journalist Piers Morgan, Zelensky confirmed numerous attempts on his life. He said he did not know how many times they had tried to kill him, but security had told him about some of them.
As of January 2023 edition Independent reported that since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion Zelensky was the target of more than 12 assassination attempts. Some of them were prevented thanks to US intelligence data, which CIA Director William Burns conveyed during a visit to Kyiv on behalf of President Joe Biden.
On March 6, 2024, Russia launched a missile attack on Odessa while Zelensky and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis were in the city. Then the Greek media reported that the occupiers were deliberately aiming along Zelensky’s motorcade, which was 150 meters from the delegation. Mitsotakis noted that the impact occurred in the port and “it was impressive experience.”
In April 2024, the SBU announced preparations assassination attempt on Zelensky at Rzeszow airport. Then They detained a 50-year-old Pole who had been collaborating with Russian intelligence for many years. By According to the then head of the SBU Vasily Malyuk, the man was a military pensioner and believed in the Soviet idea, and the assassination attempt was planned in several ways, including using an FPV drone or a sniper complex. In February 2026 the court in Zamosc, Poland, sentenced him to three and a half years in prison.
