Close call underscores Zelensky call for more air defense for Ukraine

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MISSED HIM BY THAT MUCH: It’s unclear if Russia was tracking the movements of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky when a Russian missile landed too close for comfort as his convoy, which was also carrying Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, made its way through the port city of Odesa on the Black Sea on Wednesday.

“We were ending this presentation and, I mean, boarding the cars in the motorcade when we saw the strike actually,” Igor Zhovkva, an adviser to Zelensky, told CNN. “It really was less than 500 meters from us. What was that? You cannot exclude anything with these insane people who are striking every day, every night, every corner of my country. So you cannot exclude it was directed at the delegation of my president or at the delegation of the foreign guests.”

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