Russia Ukraine war: Big news is coming out in the midst of the Russo-Ukraine war. According to media reports, ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Fedorovich Yanukovych may be declared the next President of Ukraine, replacing Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The Kyiv Independent, citing a report in an online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda, has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants Ukrainian politician Viktor Yanukovich as the new President of Ukraine.
According to the report, Yanukovich is currently in Minsk, the capital of Belarus. He has been living a life of exile there since the coup in 2014. His government was overthrown during the Euromaidan revolution and Viktor Yanukovich fled to Russia in 2014 after him.
Media: Putin wants to reinstate Yanukovych as president of Ukraine. Viktor Yanukovych is allegedly in Minsk, and the Kremlin is preparing an operation to replace Zelensky with the ex-president ousted by the EuroMaidan Revolution in 2014, according to Ukrainska Pravda’s sources
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 2, 2022
The report cited Ukrainian intelligence as saying that Russia may try to designate Viktor Yanukovich as the president of Ukraine. This could be Vladimir Putin’s way of setting up a puppet government in Ukraine, as he tries to take over Kyiv and overthrow the Volodymyr Zelensky government.
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The report also mentioned that Russia may soon prepare for major action for Yanukovich’s return to Ukraine. However, no official statement has yet been issued from Russia regarding the claim of Viktor Yanukovich.
Viktor Yanukovich is a Ukrainian politician who took office as the fourth President of Ukraine in 2010. He was the President of Ukraine from 2010 to February 2014. His government was overthrown after violent clashes between protesters and police in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
That movement is known as Maidan Revolution. It was a massive protest in November 2013 that eventually led to his ouster. He then fled to Russia and has been under Putin’s protection ever since.
Russian President Putin is considered a staunch opponent of the then Ukrainian President Zelensky. Ukrainian media claims that Putin may play a big gamble by declaring Yanukovich as Ukraine’s new president. He is doing everything possible to make Viktor Fedorovich Yanukovich the President of Ukraine.
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