President Zelenskyy posted a photo of Viktor Medvedchuk on social media with the caption “A special operation was carried out thanks to the SBU. Well done! details later. Glory to Ukraine!” Written underneath.
Courtesy: Presidential Office of Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday announced the apparent arrest of Viktor Medvedchuk, a pro-Kremlin politician living in Ukraine.
Medvedchuk has been under house arrest for treason since last year, but is believed to have escaped shortly after the Russian invasion began. His lawyers have denied wrongdoing.
“Thanks to the SBU, a special operation was carried out,” Zelenskyy wrote in Russian on his verified account on the social media platform Telegram, referring to the Ukrainian security service.
“Well done! Details later. Glory to Ukraine!” said Zelenskyy.
Above the caption, Zelenskyi posted a photo showing a disheveled Medvedchuk sitting by a radiator with his hands cuffed.
Medvedchuk, leader of a pro-Russian opposition party in Ukraine and a staunch opponent of Kiev’s calls to join NATO, has extremely close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is godfather to Medvedchuk’s daughter.
Some pundits have speculated that if Putin had planned to install a puppet leader after the fall of the Ukrainian government, Medvedchuk would be on the shortlist.
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