The Ukrainian Security Bureau recently issued a global wanted order to the Russian top leaders, including Putin 's old partner Medvedev , Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova , and Russian commander-in-chief Su Luoweijin and others on the wanted list. So the question is, why is Ukraine not in one step and directly wanted Russian President Putin?
Information from the official website of the Ukrainian government shows that Medvedev is accused of violating Article 110 of the Ukrainian Criminal Law, namely "infringement on Ukrainian territory and sovereignty integrity." He is currently in a state of "missing", and the specific date for "missing" is March 1 this year. In addition, Zakharova faces the same charges, if convicted, they will be sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison and confiscated all their personal assets under Ukrainian law.
(The wanted order for Medvedev by the official website of Ukraine)
Ukraine is actually not the first time this speechless operation. Former Crimea prosecutor Pokolonskaya and "Russia Today" editor-in-chief Simeonian have been previously listed on the wanted list of Ukraine. As early as 2016, the Ukrainian court also issued a subpoena to the Russian Defense Ministry Minister Shoigu and the Russian Chief of Staff Gerasimov, accusing them and 17 other senior Russian officials of committing "serious crimes that undermine Ukraine's security and peace."
See the essence through the phenomenon. Ukrainian operation seems to be "dreaming in daylight", but in fact, there is another plan behind it. We should note that whether it is issuing subpoena or issuing a wanted order, Ukraine sues Russian officials with criminal responsibility rather than political responsibility. The purpose is to cooperate with Western public opinion and encourage Interpol to come forward and implement global wanted warrants on these Russian officials.
This will prevent them from going abroad and prevent Russia from speaking on the international stage. The effect is similar to the United States' refusal to issue visas to Russian officials and prevent them from speaking on United Nations .
The reason why Ukraine did not include Putin on the wanted list is mainly because Putin's position as a leader in a country, leaving the least room for possible peaceful negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. In addition, Ukraine does not want to anger Putin too much. After the Crimea Bridge was bombed, Russia's retaliation has cost Ukraine a considerable price, and 30% of its energy infrastructure has been damaged. If Ukraine rekindles the fire at this time, Russia's revenge may come even more fiercely.
Indeed, putting Putin on the wanted list may make the Zelensky government feel happy for a while, but the unlucky ones will probably be the Ukrainian people.
In addition, it is worth noting that Russia actually gave Zelensky the minimum room. First of all, during the special military operation that has lasted for more than seven months, the Russian army has not carried out a "decapitation operation" against Ukrainian top leaders.
Another example is in May this year. Russia said that Russia is starting to form an international tribunal that will conduct a "Nuremberg-style" trial of some people in Ukraine after the war. To this end, Russia also listed a "List of Ukrainian Nazis", which included several senior officials of the Ukrainian government and military, but Zelensky's name did not appear on this list.
Russia did not include Zelensky on the list. On the one hand, of course, it was for the sake of peace talks. On the other hand, whether it was the establishment of an international tribunal or the list of "Ukrainian Nazis", the core purpose of Russia's actions was to prove the legitimacy and legitimacy of its launch of special military operations, namely "de-Nazization". Therefore, whether Zelensky is on the list is actually not that important, the important thing is to pose.
In general, we can see that although the war of verbal battle between Russia and Ukraine was very fierce, both sides still seemed more cautious when it comes to matters involving leaders, leaving room for each other in public opinion and did not say anything to death.This actually means that the Russian-Ukrainian peace talks may not have been completely cut off. Both sides believe that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict will be resolved at the negotiating table, rather than completely destroying the other side.
, however, both sides believe that they need to seize more bargaining chips on the battlefield now, so the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is still continuing, and there is a trend of further expansion.
Finally, we can further imagine that if Russia and Ukraine finally cease fire one day in the future and the negotiations will be restarted, then where will the talks be held? Judging from the current situation, the most likely one is to remain neutral and actively mediate on both sides after the war is launched to seek more geopolitical interests. The name of the peace agreement may be called the Ankara Agreement or the Istanbul Agreement to replace the previously in name-based " Minsk Agreement ".
