Former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Highlight
- Former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich is currently in Minsky
- The information received indicates that the Kremlin is preparing an information campaign
- The Kremlin on its part may also publish an appeal to the Ukrainian people.
Ukraine’s fugitive former president Viktor Yanukovich is currently in Minsk, and the Kremlin is currently preparing him for a special operation, according to Ukrainian intelligence.
According to one scenario, the Kremlin will try to declare him “President of Ukraine”, Ukranska Pravda reported.
The information received indicates that the Kremlin is preparing an information campaign or action to return former President Yanukovich to Ukraine or to publish an appeal on his behalf to the Ukrainian people in the near future, the report said. .
There are reports that the Russian army has been shelling Mariupol with various weapons continuously for 12 hours.
Mariupol mayor Vadim Boichenko said on Ukrainian media’s integrated TV and radio broadcast, “We have been flattening for 12 hours non-stop. Racist-fascist soldiers are razing my hometown.”
According to Boichenko, there has been a total destruction of residential infrastructure.
Ukrainska Pravda reported that there were killed and wounded, but that they could not be moved from the streets, houses and apartments because of the ongoing shelling.
Also the mayor thanked the armed forces, the National Guard and all the city’s defenders who are holding their ground.
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