Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he has been fined for violating COVID-19 lockdown rules while visiting a cafe in the city of Khmelnytsky, UNIAN reports.

"We could take off the [face] mask to hear better ... It will be just as was the case in Khmelnytsky region – I will be fined. In fact, they did it the right way," he told journalists in the city of Chernihiv on June 10.

As UNIAN reported earlier, on June 3, the President Office's Telegram channel posted a photo showing Zelensky sitting at one table with other officials, including President's Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak, First Deputy Head of the President's Office Serhiy Trofimov, Khmelnytsky Governor Dmytro Gabinet, and Khmelnytsky Mayor Oleksandr Symchyshyn.