New Delhi: Russia and Ukraine have been at war since February 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine, launching a full-fledged attack on the country. For the last two years, Ukraine has been fighting Russia with all that they have and the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been the leader, who has stood by his country in these tough times. Unfortunately, while a ‘new’ Israel Hamas War has taken away the world’s attention, the Russia Ukraine War has not been declared over yet and is still continued. In a latest update, there have been reports claiming that the Ukrainian President Zelenskyy is now on Russia’s List of Most Wanted Criminals. Reacting to this, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has issued a statement and has made a clarification..
As mentioned earlier, as the war between Russia and Ukraine continues with Kremlin troops being relentless in their pursuit of attacking Ukraine, the interior ministry of Russia on Saturday announced that they have a new addition to Moscow’s list of ‘wanted criminals’ – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy has been added to the “wanted” list “under an article of the criminal code”, a claim that the embattled president has denied, per The New York Times report.
On the other hand, a statement from Ukraine’s foreign ministry said that the arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin by the International Criminal Court (ICC) is real, not worthless as Russian announcements, adding that the warrant is enforceable in 123 countries. “We would like to remind everyone that, unlike the worthless Russian announcements, the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) warrant for the arrest of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin on war crimes charges is real and enforceable in 123 countries,” Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said.
Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Ukraine’s Ground Forces Commander, Oleksandr Pavliuk have also been added to Moscow’s “wanted” list, said The Kyiv Independent report. Additionally, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and Ukraine’s military intelligence head Kyrylo Budanov are also on the list, it added. Ukrainian officials, meanwhile, dubbed Russia’s move as an act of “desperation” and called it propaganda invented only to “garner attention”.
(Inputs from ANI)
