The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has declared the wanted leader of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, as reported on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

Ramzan KadyrovPhoto: ITAR-TASS / Alamy / Alamy / Profimedia

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Kadyrov is “a person who is hiding from pretrial investigation authorities.”

The investigation accuses Kadyrov of violating the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine and planning, preparing, launching and waging a war of aggression.

Kadyrov faces a prison sentence of 7 to 15 years.

The head of Chechnya reacted ironically to reports that the authorities in Kyiv were looking for him, saying that he had already been to Ukraine “several times”.

Ramzan Kadyrov, known for his penchant for posting on social networks, including TikTok, believes that Ukrainian search methods were created “only for searching the Internet.”

“Everyone knows that I am in the center of Grozny, but this is the second time that the stupid SBU has declared me wanted,” Kadyrov wrote in Telegram.

Commander of the Russian forces in Ukraine, General Serhiy Surovikin, Vice-President of the Security Council Dmytro Medvedev, Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova and Spokesman of the Ministry of Defense of Russia Igor Konashenkov.