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"Please note, as peskov commented, this is the prerogative of their investigative bodies, that is, in fact, russia is now trying to show that they have their own jurisdiction here in this way, which is completely absurd, but again, it completely fits into the canvas of their plans to intensify the offensive in late May, early June. That is, they are now pumping up the society and explaining why they need to launch this new offensive, now they have issued these arrest warrants, and they have also introduced the topic of NATO troops in Ukraine — this is a continuation of the theme that they are allegedly not fighting the Ukrainian people, but NATO mercenaries. That is why we see such actions", summed up the head of the Center for Analysis and Strategies.

What preceded

On May 4, the russian Ministry of Internal Affairs put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, former President Petro Poroshenko and Army Commander Oleksandr Pavliuk on the wanted list. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine emphasized that this is evidence of the desperation of the russian state machine and propaganda, which do not know what other newsworthy reason to come up with to attract attention.

A report by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said that the russian Interior Ministry's announcement of a wanted list of Ukrainian officials is an attempt by the kremlin to establish the jurisdiction of russian laws in sovereign post-Soviet countries and information preparation for the Maidan-3 operation.