Ukrainian President remains 'a prime target for Russian aggression,' State Department says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky remains a “prime target for Russian aggression,” US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Thursday evening amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Speaking with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on “The Situation Room,” Price said Zelensky “does, in many ways, represent – even personify – the democratic aspirations and ambitions of Ukraine – of the Ukrainian people.”

“So of course, he would remain a prime target for Russian aggression,” he said.

The Ukrainian President and his team “are going to make decisions in the coming hours, in the coming days, based on what’s in the best interest of them, what’s in the best