Ukraine's President Zelenskyy Says He's Russia's 'No. 1 Target' In The Attack On Kyiv

As Russian troops pushed into Ukraine's capital of Kyiv on Friday morning, Ukraine's president said that he is Russia's top target.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he's Russia's "number one target" in a video address early Friday, as translated by The Washington Post. He also said that his family is the No. 2 target on Russia's list.

"They want to destroy Ukraine politically by destroying the head of state," warned Zelenskyy.

But he also assured the people of Ukraine that he has no plans to flee, reported Al Jazeera.

"I will stay in the capital. My family is also in Ukraine."

Zelenskyy has offered to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss possibly declaring Ukraine a neutral country with no alliances. A Kremlin spokesperson said Russia would "analyze" the idea, but the country's foreign minister later described Zelenskyy's offer as a lie, according to the Associated Press.

Citizens of Kyiv have been taking shelter in the subways amid gunfire, shelling and explosions throughout the city, AP reports. The city is home to about 2.8 million people.

The attack on the capital comes on day two of Putin's "special military operation" in Ukraine, where he claims to be targeting "Nazis."

The Ministry of Defence Ukraine in a Facebook post has warned people to stay indoors and "make Molotov cocktails," which are homemade incendiary weapons.

"Don't leave the house!" reads the post.

According to Ukraine Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba, the last time Kyiv was under such a large-scale attack was in 1941, when Nazi Germany attacked the capital during World War II.

Ukraine still hasn't lost hope, though.

"Ukraine defeated that evil and will defeat this one. Stop Putin," tweeted Kuleba.