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Russia has opened a criminal case against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and put him on a wanted list, the state news agency TASS reported on Saturday, an announcement Ukraine dismissed as evidence of Moscow's "desperation".

TASS reported that the Russian Interior Ministry database showed Zelenskiy was on a wanted list but gave no further details. Ukraine's foreign ministry noted 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.

It said 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".

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[-] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

Sounds like pretext for an assassination attempt to me. I hope he stays safe.

[-] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 5 months ago

Pretty sure they've already tried to kill the guy at least a few times by now. I know I would if I was Putin.

[-] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Isn't a war a large scale assassination attempt?

[-] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

... No? Assassination has the goal to kill, a war has the goal of conquering or driving back someone else, deaths happen but they usually aren't the main goal. Large scale assassination would be genocide.

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