Russia Places Ukrainian President Zelenskyy on Wanted List
Russia has placed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its wanted list and opened a criminal case against him, according to reports from the state news agency TASS.
However, Ukraine dismissed the report as evidence of Moscow’s desperation.
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said Russian President Vladimir Putin was himself subject to arrest under an International Criminal Court warrant.
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The statement said: “We would like to remind you that unlike the worthless Russian announcements, an International Criminal Court warrant for the arrest of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin on suspicion of war crimes is quite real, and subject to implementation in 123 countries.”
According to the ministry, the Russian announcement was “evidence of the desperation of the Russian state machine and propaganda, which can think of no other way to attract attention”.
In February 2022, Russia had issued arrest warrants for a number of Ukrainian and other European politicians.
Russian police in February put Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Lithuania’s culture minister and members of the previous Latvian parliament on a wanted list for destroying Soviet-era monuments.
