Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky were both allegedly involved in car accidents over the past 24 hours.
Zelensky’s accident, which the Ukrainian government confirmed, was reportedly a minor collision with another vehicle that resulted in no serious incidents, while a much less well-sourced Russian report described the Putin incident as an assassination attempt.
No doubt editorial cartoons are on drafting boards around the world depicting the two leaders crashing into each other, but there is no obvious connection between them. Zelensky was returning to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv early Thursday morning after visiting Izyum, a city recently liberated from Russian invaders during a major Ukrainian counteroffensive, when a car reportedly ran into his motorcade.
“A car collided with the president’s car and its escort vehicles in…
