Zelenskyy posted a photo on social media showing a disheveled Medvedchuk seated by a radiator clasped in handcuffs.
"A special operation was carried out thanks to the SBU," Zelenskyy wrote in Russian on his verified account on the social media platform Telegram, referencing Ukraine's Security Service.Above that caption, Zelenskyy posted a photo showing a disheveled Medvedchuk seated by a radiator with his hands clasped in handcuffs.
Medvedchuk, the leader of a pro-Russian opposition party in Ukraine and a staunch opponent of Kyiv's appeals to join NATO, has extremely close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is godfather to Medvedchuk's daughter.that if Putin had planned to install a puppet leader after toppling Ukraine's government, Medvedchuk would be on the short list.
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