MOSCOW: Russia has opened a criminal case against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and put him on a wanted list, the state news agency TASS reported on Saturday (May 4), an announcement Ukraine dismissed as evidence of Moscow’s “desperation”.
TASS reported that the Russian Interior Ministry database showed Zelenskyy was on a wanted list but gave no further details.
Ukraine’s foreign ministry noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin was himself subject to arrest under an International Criminal Court warrant.
“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,” the foreign ministry said in a statement.
