Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky caught in crash in Kyiv as car smashes into his motorcade

VOLODYMYR Zelensky was involved in a car crash just hours after vowing to march "forward to victory" against Russia.

The Ukrainian President was travelling through Kyiv when the vehicle he was in was struck by a red Volkswagen Beetle.

Footage from the aftermath of the crash shows the VW car with a crumpled front end and injured man lying next to the wreck.

Soldiers and emergency workers offer the man - understood to be the car's driver - treatment after the crash.

The man's head is bandaged and his clothes are smattered with blood.

Zelensky's team confirmed the president managed to escape serious injuries after the smash.

The accident occured in Kyiv's Victory Square as the president - who has been hailed a hero for his efforts standing up to Putin - was returning from a visit to the frontline.

His press secretary Sergii Nykyforov said the Zelensky was not seriously injured in the smash.

The president was checked over by medics.

The driver of the car was given emergency treatment at the scene before being handed over ambulance crews.

Ukrainian authorities are now investigating the incident.

The smash happened after the lionhearted leader today joined troops in the town of Izium – a former Russian stronghold – days after Putin’s troops fled in their worst defeat since the retreat from Kyiv.

Zelensky vowed to keep storming forward as his troops reached the edge of Russian-held Donbas in a stunning counter-attack.

He said: “We are moving in only one direction - forward and towards victory."

Zelensky watched a symbolic flag-raising amid the rubble of the bomb-blitzed town and vowed: “Our blue-yellow flag is already flying in de-occupied Izyum.

“It will be so in every Ukrainian city and village.”

His latest morale-boosting trip is in contrast to cowardly Putin whose only known meeting with frontline troops was in the safety of a Moscow hospital.

Ukraine said it had liberated some 6,000 square kilometres – an area the size of Devon – with last week’s lightning assault that caught Russian troops by surprise.

British and US long-range weapons – including HIMARS and GMLRS rocket launchers – were key to the mission’s success, Ukraine said.

Meanwhile, Kremlin insiders claim Putin's limousine was attacked in a possible assassination attempt as the war in Ukraine rages on.

The Russian tyrant's car was hit by a "loud bang" on its left front wheel which was followed by "heavy smoke", sources close to the leader allege.

Putin's limo was driven to safety with the president unharmed - but there have been multiple arrests from his security service, it is claimed.