Russia Tags President Zelensky “Wanted”, Ukraine Responds
epa11299499 A handout photo made available by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on 25 April 2024 shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting with British Chancellor of the Exchequer Hunt in Kyiv, Ukraine, 24 April 2024. Hunt visited Kyiv to meet with top Ukrainian officials amid the Russian invasion. EPA/UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE HANDOUT -- MANDATORY CREDIT: UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE -- HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
The State News Agency, TASS has reported that the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been placed on Russia’s wanted list.
Given the information passed across by the Russian Interior Ministry database no further details were given.
Responding, Ukraine brushed off the report which it described as evidence of Moscow’s “desperation”.
According to Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry, Russian President Vladimir Putin was himself subject to arrest under an International Criminal Court warrant.
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.
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