Russian Interior Ministry puts Ukraine's intelligence chief on wanted list

According to the database of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, has been put on the Russian wanted list.

"Kirill Alekseevich Budanov was born on January 4, 1986. The basis of the search: wanted under an article of the Criminal Code" - the statement of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) had previously named Kirill Budanov as the organizer of the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge, which took place on October 8, 2022. In connection with this terrorist attack, 5 people were arrested in Simferopol, and 3 people in Moscow.

In addition, Mr. Kirill Budanov has repeatedly stated that Kiev is involved in attacks on prominent Russians. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called his statements "terrorist".

Ukrainian General Budanov said on September 23 that the attack on the Black Sea Fleet headquarters in the city of Sevastopol, Crimea, had left "at least nine people dead and 16 injured." Ukrainian intelligence said two Russian generals were seriously injured in the attack.

Russia’s Investigative Committee said in October that it had gathered enough evidence to link wanted Ukrainian generals and officers to more than 100 drone attacks on Russian territory between April 2022 and September. Russian investigators said they would seek to arrest General Budanov.

It is not yet clear how Russia will pursue and capture him, as the two countries are in armed conflict./.