The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced on the 13th that Russia has put a number of dignitaries in Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia on the wanted list, including Estonian Prime Minister Kallas, State Secretary Petkop, Lithuanian Minister of Culture Kyris, and Latvia's current Minister of Justice, Finance Minister, Minister of Agriculture and former Minister of Internal Affairs.
Russian press secretary Dmitry Peskov told him on the same day that Kallas and others were on the wanted list for taking hostile actions against Russia and "desecrating historical memory". Russian spokeswoman Zakharova said on the same day that this was just the beginning. The Russian news agency Sputnik previously reported that Estonian Prime Minister Kallas said last month that Estonia has provided nearly 500 million euros in military aid to Ukraine since 2022 and will continue to provide Kyiv with 0 percent of the country's GDP over the next 4 years25 of military aid.
In September last year, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation charged in absentia more than 170 citizens of Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Ukraine and other countries with allegedly desecrating, demolishing and damaging monuments to Soviet soldiers.
According to TASS on February 13, the Russian side has opened a case against the Estonian side for the alleged demolition and damage of the monument to Soviet soldiers.
In addition, the Russian Ministry of Defense issued a war report on the 13th, saying that the Russian army repelled many attacks and launched multiple offensives by the Ukrainian army in the directions of Kupyansk, Redman, Donetsk, Yuzhnodonetsk, Zaporozhye and Kherson, killing and wounding 1,145 Ukrainian military personnel, destroying 3 tanks, 20 armored vehicles, 62 vehicles and self-propelled artillery and other equipment. Russian air defense forces shot down 63 drones and 3 Hippocampus rockets in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian state news agency reported on the same day that the new commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Syrsky, said in an interview with a German television station that the situation on the front line is difficult and the Armed Forces of Ukraine have shifted from offensive to defensive. On the same day, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine issued an evening battle report saying that in the past 24 hours, there were 52 battles in the frontline area, and the Ukrainian Air Force carried out strikes on areas where Russian troops, ** and military equipment were concentrated.
Editor: Liu Yusi).