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mysteryowl

(7,771 posts)
Tue Apr 12, 2022, 04:14 PM Apr 2022

Russia-Ukraine war latest: Zelenskiy announces capture of Putin ally in Ukraine

Source: The Guardian/US

The official Twitter account of Ukraine’s Security Service, the country’s law enforcement agency, posted on Twitter another picture of Viktor Medvedchuk, Putin’s closest ally in Ukraine who had been in hiding since he fled his house arrest at the beginning of the invasion.

In the tweet, the Security Service says that Medvedchuk was wearing a Ukrainian army uniform as a “disguise”.




Zelensky's official telegram account announces that SBU caught the fugitive oligarch and Putin's close friend Viktor Medvedchuk. Camouflage and all.



Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/apr/12/russia-ukraine-war-latest-mariupol-mayor-says-more-than-10000-civilians-killed-zelenskiy-taking-chemical-weapons-threat-seriously?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with:block-6255c7a48f087ec40b13efce#block-6255c7a48f087ec40b13efce



Scoundrel pictured at twitter link and looking a little rough.
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C Moon

(13,230 posts)
7. Yes. It says...
Tue Apr 12, 2022, 05:46 PM
Apr 2022

In the tweet, the Security Service says that Medvedchuk was wearing a Ukrainian army uniform as a “disguise”.

FailureToCommunicate

(14,565 posts)
9. Hope they force him to reveal passwords to his billions before any summary judgement.
Tue Apr 12, 2022, 06:54 PM
Apr 2022

His billions should go back to the people, not stay with wherever he stashed them.

meow2u3

(25,216 posts)
11. Putin is Medvedchuk's daughter's godfather
Tue Apr 12, 2022, 09:11 PM
Apr 2022

Putin is a godfather, all right, as in crime boss.

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