The U.S. government has offered Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to assist in the evacuation should the need arise, The Washington Post reported, citing U.S. and Ukrainian sources.

"The U.S. government is prepared to help Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky leave Kyiv to avoid being captured or killed by advancing Russian forces, according to U.S. and Ukrainian officials. But so far, the president 'has refused to go,'" the ezine said.