This Saturday, Russia declared a search and capture for the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky.
The Ukrainian president was included in the Russian Interior Ministry’s list of people wanted and captured, the official Russian agency TASS reported.
Zelensky, the ministry said, is wanted in connection with a crime covered by the Russian Criminal Code, without offering further details.
Also this Saturday, Russia declared the search and capture of former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko, who served as head of state between 2014 and 2019.
Authorities have previously issued arrest warrants for other senior Ukrainian officials.
In December of last year, the Russian Interior Ministry searched for and captured the head of Military Intelligence (GUR) of Ukraine, Kirilo Budanov, after the Russian Investigative Committee initiated criminal proceedings against him and three other Ukrainian soldiers.
Last April Budanov was arrested in absentia by the Russian Justice on charges of terrorism.
Russia, whose president, Vladimir Putin, has an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court, which considers him responsible for war crimes for the illegal deportation of children from Ukraine, has also searched for and captured politicians from countries of the European Union.
On February 13, Russia announced this measure against the Prime Minister of Estonia, Kaja Kallas, as well as against several officials and deputies from 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.
