Russian law enforcement authorities have issued an arrest warrant for the newly appointed commander of Ukraine’s armed forces, Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi, state media reported late Tuesday.
The Russian Interior Ministry’s wanted database lists Drapatyi without explicitly specifying the new charges against him, according to the news agency RIA Novosti.
Russia’s Investigative Committee, the country’s top investigative body, previously charged Drapatyi in 2023 over allegations involving the casualties of 154 people in eastern Ukraine under his command between 2017 and 2019.
The arrest warrant appeared just hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed General Oleksandr Syrskyi and named Drapatyi as his replacement.
The leadership shake-up followed days of public street protests triggered by the earlier removal of Mykhailo Fedorov from his post as defense minister.
