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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine indicated this Saturday that the Russia’s inclusion of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the list of people wanted reported by the Russian media is an example of Moscow’s “desperation.”
According to a Foreign Affairs statement, “Russian information about the alleged inclusion of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the list of people wanted by the Russian Interior Ministry demonstrate the desperation of the Russian state and propaganda machinerywho doesn’t know what else to invent to get attention.
“We would like to remind everyone that, unlike the useless Russian ads, “The arrest warrant of the International Criminal Court against the Russian dictator, Vladimir Putin, for war crimes is real and enforceable in 123 countries,” Add.
The official Russian agency TASS had reported that, according to the Russian Interior Ministry, Zelensky is wanted in connection with a crime under the Russian Criminal Codewithout offering more details.
Also this Saturday Russia declared the search and capture of Petro Poroshenkopresident of Ukraine between 2014 and 2019.
Last December, the Russian Interior Ministry declared the head of Ukrainian military intelligence (GUR), Kirilo Budánov, wanted after the Russian Investigative Committee initiated criminal proceedings against him and three other Ukrainian soldiers. In April he was arrested in absentia by Russian Justice on charges of terrorism.
Russia, about whose president, Vladimir Putin weighs an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Courtwhich considers him responsible for war crimes for the illegal deportation of children from Ukraine, has also put politicians from European Union countries on the hunt and arrest.
On February 13, Russia announced this measure against Prime Minister of Estonia, Kaja Kallas, as well as against several officials and deputies of Latvia and Lithuania.
According to the Russian authorities, the search and arrest warrant against the head of the Estonian Government and other Baltic politicians was adopted due to the destruction and damage caused to the monuments of Soviet soldiers in Estonia.
