Russia’s Federal Security Service has called for the arrest of two Ukrainian ministers for violating Russia’s “territorial integrity”, a Moscow court has announced.
In September, after holding a pseudo-referendum, Russia announced the annexation of four partially occupied regions of Ukraine: Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhia. The West has strongly condemned Russia’s fraudulent attempt to annex sovereign Ukrainian territory.
The Moscow court’s press secretary told AFP news agency that investigators from the Russian Federal Security Service had called for the arrest of Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister for Reintegration of the Occupied Territories, Irina Vereshchuk. and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Emine Japarova. “RIA Novosti”, spokesman for the propaganda of the Russian totalitarian regime, reports that the politicians are accused of “violating the territorial integrity of Russia”.
High-ranking Ukrainian officials, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi, have visited territories liberated from Russian invaders and annexed by Moscow. Zelensky visited Slovyansk on Tuesday, near the front line in the Donetsk region.
Vereshchuk visited Kherson after the Ukrainian army defeated the Russian occupiers in November. Japarova, who is a Crimean Tatar, campaigns for issues important to the Tatar minority and has called for international support for the liberation of Crimea, which belongs to Ukraine. “RIA Novosti” reports that both politicians are wanted in Russia.
