A cell phone that keeps power in Ukraine

Through his mobile phone, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky maintains his authority in the capital, Kyiv, to which Russian vehicles are advancing from several axes.

Moscow, which moved its forces into Ukraine at dawn last Thursday, aims to remove what it calls "neo-Nazis" in Kyiv, in reference to the leaders of the Ukrainian government.

Immediately after the start of the Russian operations, news spread that Ukrainian officials had fled Kyiv, which President Zelensky denied in his frequent appearances on television.

On Saturday morning, the Ukrainian president called on Ukrainians not to surrender and to defend the capital, Kyiv, where Ukrainian forces are engaged in confrontations, two days after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

But Zelensky chose his mobile phone to film a clip in front of his headquarters in the capital, Kyiv.

"I am here. We will not surrender weapons and we will defend our country," said the Ukrainian president, who since the start of the fighting has abandoned his traditional suit, in a video message posted in the morning on Facebook.

And the video clip filmed on the mobile phone is the second in the past hours, where the Ukrainian president appeared on the night that he considered the most difficult, surrounded by 4 of his government's leaders, including the prime minister and his office manager, calling on his citizens to confront the Russian forces.

The Ukrainian president announced his rejection of a US offer to leave Ukraine as Russian forces approached Kyiv.

And the American newspaper, The Washington Post, had quoted US and Ukrainian officials, today, that the US authorities were ready to help Zelensky to leave Kyiv.

The American newspaper said that US officials told the Ukrainian president of their willingness to help him leave Kyiv to avoid his capture or murder.

"We discussed with Zelensky the safest places for him to ensure the continuity of the Ukrainian government," the officials added.

But the Ukrainian president appears to have chosen to keep his power in place through his mobile phone screen, communicating with his fellow citizens.

In an attempt to create enthusiasm, Zelensky said that new weapons are on the way to the country, without losing sight of the fact that diplomatic efforts are still continuing.

"I spoke with the French president (Emmanuel Macron), and weapons and equipment from our partners are on the way to us," the Ukrainian president said.

And Zelensky, who started his life as a comedian, chose to draw a new picture of himself on his mobile phone, and contrary to what he said immediately after his election, he was ready to "kneel" in order to avoid a "military conflict" between the "two brotherly peoples", after Russia annexed the Crimea and started the war in the east at a time. short.

The comedian, who began his career as a "fictitious" president of Ukraine in a television series, seeks to assure the world that he is the true leader of the country.