Zelensky Prepares to Go Down with the Ship

Ukraine's president rebuffed US pleas to flee, an American associate tells SpyTalk

An American businessman with close ties to Volodymyr Zelensky says the Ukrainian president was “calm and businesslike” when they talked yesterday, even as Russian troops pressed on toward Kyiv and the volume of rocket attacks on the capital soared.

AFP PHOTO / Facebook account of Volodymyr Zelesnky

“He seemed reluctant to leave the country,” said the bus…